Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Stories & Tagged as: Exponent Philanthropy, Lessons learned, Philanthropy, Video storytelling on July 30, 2016.
By Suzanne Skees, Founder and Board Chair Exponent Philanthropy, the largest U.S. association of funders at 2,200 members, provides educational programs and connections to help members maximize their giving dollars. Exponent believes that “relationships come...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantee, Job Creation, Our Partners, Stories, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: Chicago, Exponent Philanthropy, Lessons learned, PBMR, Violence on May 7, 2016.
By Suzanne Skees Our Chicago education and job-skills partner, The PBMR Peace Center, creates a safe space for youth and their families to escape the gangs, drugs, and violence of the South Side streets and to build a life of choice. I was fortunate to be in Chicago...Read more
Categorized as: Grantee, Latin America, Leadership, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: "forgotten boys", Charity, Donations, Honduras, Hope 4 Honduran Children, International development, Karen Godt, Legacy, Lessons learned, Service travel on April 4, 2015.
At times our heart is in the right place but our methods of changing the world are flawed. The founder of the Hope for Honduran Children Foundation shares her thoughts on how to strengthen humanitarian help abroad. By Karen Godt, Executive Director of Hope for...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Latin America, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Failure, India, Kate Cochran, Kiva, Lessons learned, Social entrepreneurism, Vittana on December 31, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CoWomen on Unsplash. Editor’s note: I’ve made mistakes every day in the last ten years on the job at SFF, and I’ve seen my share of failures in the social-sector field . . . but I’ve never seen compassion and tenacity in the...Read more