Categorized as: Education, Stories, U.S. on June 19, 2021.
Source: Pixabay Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution establishing June 19th as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On Wednesday, the House passed the...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, U.S. on February 27, 2021.
Coronavirus photo by the CDC courtesy of Unsplash. Editor’s Note: Our staff and board are always trying to find ways to support our partners both past and present, outside of our small family foundation grantmaking. In today’s blog, we’ve pulled together some...Read more
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, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth on December 26, 2020. Related Grantees: Agora Partnerships, Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti), Bean Voyage, CREA Nicaragua, Educate Lanka, Education Bridge, Eggpreneur, Idea4Africa, KadAfrica, Tomorrow’s Youth Organization, Tujenge Africa Foundation, Women LEAD.
Editor’s Note: It goes without saying that 2020 has been a heck of a ride. Luckily, we are nearing the end of this disastrous year, with a light on the horizon. Here is a round-up of how our partners are ending the year and looking on to the next! Happy holidays...Read more
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