Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Stories & Tagged as: Boards, Collaboration, Grantmaking, Strategy on February 10, 2018.
Editor’s note: This piece first appeared in our 2017 Annual Report. By Suzanne Skees, Founder, Board Chair, and Storyteller Our family believes that if you’re going to collaborate, you ought to begin by asking how you can help. We’ve restructured...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth on January 6, 2018.
Editor’s Note: And so, it is here. A New Year has arrived and for many, this year represents a chance to turn a page and start anew. For our family and for many in our community, 2017 was a year of great loss and turmoil. We meet 2018 with a renewed sense of...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Social-impact investments, Stories & Tagged as: Beneficial Returns, Impact investing, Risk, WCCN on October 21, 2017.
Photo courtesy of Micheile Henderson on Unsplash. Editor’s Note: Although our foundation had taken some steps toward impact investing in the past, as CFO and Director, I’ve recently had the opportunity to delve deeper into the field more deeply this year, as we...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Our Partners, Stories & Tagged as: Grantee news, Reports, Sally Skees-Helly on June 3, 2017.
Author’s note: Hey Everyone, It’s Sally here. Like many Americans, I work more than one job: I’m an attorney and small-business owner (doing the difficult but necessary work of helping couples mediate through the divorce process) in the Albany, New...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Grantmaking strategy, Job Creation, Latin America, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: 2016, Annual report on December 3, 2016.
Editor’s note: Winter brings snow, candles, family, and festivities–for some. For others, the long nights strike the loneliest chord and the cold days bring too little comfort and food. We join you, our friends and collaborators in our quiet, ongoing...Read more