Categorized as: About us, Education, Leadership, Social-impact investments, Stories, U.S. on August 8, 2020.
Editor’s Note: Now on to Part Three! Hopefully by now you’ve realized that ESG investing is the best thing in the investment world, and you are ready to dive in. But, maybe the firm you are using doesn’t have the ESG capabilities that you want. So, now it is time to...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Education, Grantmaking strategy, Leadership, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, U.S. on July 25, 2020.
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Part Two of our ESG series. We’re so glad that this has sparked an interest in our readers and are eager to help you all with the next steps in moving your corpus to have impact. Read on about how to begin this process within your foundation...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Leadership, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories on July 11, 2020.
Editor’s Note: Most people who work in or closely with foundations know about the 5% payout rule. This means that a foundation is required to spend 5% of their assets on foundation expenses, be that grants, staff salaries, general business expenses, etc. Considering...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, Grantmaking strategy, Job Creation, Leadership, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, Storytelling on December 7, 2019.
Editor’s Note: We are so excited to share some of the amazing changes we are making, starting in January. We hope you enjoy our updates and feel free to reach out with any questions. By Shelly Skees, Secretary 2019 has been a reflective year for our board here...Read more