Categorized as: Education, Leadership, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, U.S. on June 13, 2020.
Editor’s Note: As Dr. Phillip Goff shared, we are ‘buckling in’ and need you to join us at all levels to end police violence and mass incarceration, but also to eradicate implicit bias and systems that uphold white supremacy and uplift and value Black lives. To...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, U.S. on May 23, 2020.
Sally and Brienne on a call with several of our nonprofit partners in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Editor’s Note: We all know that 2020 has been a hectic year to put it mildly. It has been difficult for many of us to keep it together, let alone stay productive....Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Education, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Middle East, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, U.S. on April 18, 2020.
Editor’s Note: Hello to all our readers and partners. We know right now is such an insane time, so I am hoping all of you are first and foremost taking care of yourselves, keeping healthy and safe, and maintaining your social distancing as much as possible. I...Read more
Categorized as: Grantee, Leadership, Our Partners, Stories, U.S. on April 9, 2020.
By Sally Skees-Helly, Director and CFO As many of you are aware, last month, the US federal government passed an unprecedented stimulus package of $2.2T (CARES Act) considered “Phase 3” after two much smaller packages. Probably one of the most important parts of these...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Leadership, Stories, U.S., Youth on February 8, 2020.
Note from SFF Founder, Suzanne: It may be you, or someone you love: one of five of us will suffer from depression, anxiety, bipolar, or schizophrenia each year and more than half will endure some type of mental disorder or illness in our lifetime. We lost my cherished...Read more