Happy 15 Year Anniversary to Skees Family Foundation!

Happy 15 Year Anniversary to Skees Family Foundation!

Categorized as: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 7, 2019.

Editor’s Note: Every so often Skees Family Foundation uses the services of the Nueva School, a school for gifted students in the Bay Area in California. The school matches their curriculum and extracurricular activities to meet the needs of their students. Part of...Read more
Expansion for Resonate Means Amplifying Women’s Confidence in Kenya

Expansion for Resonate Means Amplifying Women’s Confidence in Kenya

Categorized as: , , , , , , , , , on August 24, 2019. Related Grantee: Resonate.

Resonate Facilitator: Delice Fatiro, Resonate’s Program Associate and Training, leading a Storytelling for Leadership workshop with young women in Gahanga, Rwanda. Editor’s Note: Storytelling transforms lives. At Resonate, we know it because we live it every day...Read more
We Are NEXUS

We Are NEXUS

Categorized as: , , , , , on June 8, 2019.

The attendees of NEXUS Asia 2019 Summit, photo courtesy of Yudai Ishibashi. By Brienne Skees, Program Officer and VP of Research and Data Management Editor’s Note: In their own words, NEXUS catalyzes new leadership and accelerates solutions to global problems. Their...Read more
Grantee Updates: 2019 Off To A Great Start!

Grantee Updates: 2019 Off To A Great Start!

Categorized as: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 18, 2019. Related Grantees: Agora Partnerships, Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti), Bean Voyage, CREA Nicaragua, Destiny Foundation through Cents of Relief, Educate Lanka, Idea4Africa, KadAfrica, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, Resonate, StrongMinds, Tomorrow’s Youth Organization, Voix & Actions, Women LEAD.

Editor’s Note: It’s always rewarding to dig into our grantee partners’ latest accomplishments when I pull together my quarterly Director’s Report. The tenacity and ingenuity each brings to their unique missions reinforces our foundation’s...Read more