Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, 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 9, 2021.
Related Grantees:
Agora Partnerships,
Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti),
Bean Voyage,
Beneficial Returns,
CREA Nicaragua,
Educate Lanka,
Education Bridge,
Eggpreneur,
Idea4Africa,
Jibu,
KadAfrica,
Resonate,
Tomorrow’s Youth Organization,
Tujenge Africa Foundation,
Women LEAD,
Village Enterprise.
Editor’s Note: 2020 was a very serious year of reflection for SFF. We took a really deep dive into our privilege as a family and as a foundation and are making some long overdue and much needed changes to the structure of the foundation in the coming year! We...Read more
Categorized as: About us, MY JOB book and community, Stories on September 12, 2020.
Photo courtesy of Niels Jilderda on Unsplash. Editor’s Note: Want hope? Look to Generation Z (definitions vary, but we use 1995-2015 birth years). They’re powerful: They account for 10 percent of eligible voters in the U.S. elections, 40 percent of U.S....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 11, 2020.
Related Grantees:
Agora Partnerships,
Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti),
Bean Voyage,
Beneficial Returns,
CREA Nicaragua,
Educate Lanka,
Education Bridge,
Eggpreneur,
Idea4Africa,
Jibu,
KadAfrica,
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation,
Resonate,
Tomorrow’s Youth Organization,
Village Enterprise,
Women LEAD.
Editor’s Note: 2019 was an incredible year for Skees Family Foundation. We reevaluated our mission, grant structure, and methodology. We made the decision to create an advisory board. We added a new family board member. It was also an amazing year for our...Read more
Categorized as: About us, MY JOB book and community, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories on April 20, 2019.
Related Grantees:
Jibu,
Agora Partnerships,
Upaya Social Ventures,
BOMA Project,
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation.
Editor’s Note: Suzanne Skees serves as editor of My Job Books 1 and 2, where she’s privileged to experience and publish a collection of first-person stories by courageous people working a range of jobs from eco-manufacturing to coffee coop farming, hip-hop music...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 7, 2019.
Editor’s Note: We had an amazing year at Skees Family Foundation. We made a lot of changes and are really looking forward to a great and productive 2019. Thanks to all of our partners and all of our readers for your hard work and dedication! Brienne Skees,...Read more
