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Why Farmer Centric Design is Crucial to Technological Advancement in Farm-Tech
Editor’s Note: Skees Family Foundation has been working with Bean Voyage for several years now, and we just love the work they are doing. By Sunghee Tark (left) and Abhinav Khanal (right), Founders of...
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Introducing Our New Nonprofit Partners!
Photo courtesy of Roman Synkevych on Unsplash Editor’s Note: 2021 is turning out to be quite an exciting year for Skees Family Foundation, so keep an eye out for some major announcements coming over...
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Beyond Dollars: Tangible Resources for Non Profits and Funders in 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...
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Thoughts From Uganda: Stories of Pivoting Through the Pandemic
Editor’s Note: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a deep impact on the work our partners do, and we have been so inspired by their perseverance and flexibility during this (very long) year. Read the story...
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IDEA4Africa Rwanda: Navigating Through the Pandemic
Editor’s Note: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a deep impact on the work our partners do, and we have been so inspired by their perseverance and flexibility during this (very long) year. Read the story...
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Women and Girls to the Front: The KadAfrica Difference
At Sweswe Site, Kyaka II Refugee Settlement Editor’s Note: The small, start-up social entrepreneurs that Skees Family Foundation is proud to support share several common traits. They are nimble,...
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KadAfrica Proves: Listening to Clients = Impact
At Sweswe Site, Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Cervical Cancer Advocacy Event, girls and women act out a cervical cancer screening procedure. Editor’s Note: In Part II of our series on our Catalyst...
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Skees Family Foundation Partners Off to a Great Start in 2021
Editor’s Note: As the United States has begun to emerge from the pandemic over the past two quarters, some of our partners are also beginning to emerge, while others are still struggling to contain the...
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Women Connect and How Embrace Her is Navigating the Pandemic
Editor’s Note: Skees Family Foundation began working with Embrace Her in 2021, in the height of the pandemic. We have really been amazed at their flexibility and ability to adapt. Embrace Her wrote...
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Tech ME: Learn, Innovate, Solve
Participants in one of Tech ME’s programs, SmartGirls. Read about it below! Editor’s Note: In this blog, we highlight one of our current Seed Partners, Tech ME, who through education, entrepreneurship,...
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Preserve Food to End Hunger?–Yes, We CAN!
Editor’s note: OCTOBER 28–If you happen to live near Dallas-Ft. Worth and might enjoy ending hunger over margaritas and fajitas, please join our friends for a yummy fundraiser for a great cause!...
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Más que un Café (Stronger Than Coffee)
Editor’s Note: Skees Family Foundation has been working with Bean Voyage for years and not only are they constantly growing, but they are creatively thinking of new ways to help the womxn they are...
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Embrace Her Introduces Friday Market Visits
Editor’s Note: Skees Family Foundation started working with Embrace Her just before the pandemic began, and we have been so impressed with how they have handled their organization throughout the last...
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Rounding Out 2021: Highlights from Our Partners
Editor’s Note: As the year is coming to an end, we wanted to take a few minutes to highlight some of our partners’ work. Everyone has worked so hard this year and we wanted to honor that. Read on to...
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Skees Family Foundation 2021 Annual Report
Editor’s Note: 2021 was quite a year! Starting off hopeful (because honestly how could it be worse than 2020?!) but ultimately seeming like 2020 pt.2, it wasn’t really the year we’d wished for....
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KadAfrica: Understanding Trauma
Photo Courtesy of KadAfrica-Training session Editor’s note: SFF began working with KadAfrica in 2019 as a new seed grant partner. They have done a fantastic job of “pivoting” through the COVID19...
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Beneficial Returns: Expanding Opportunities for Social Enterprises Worldwide
Photo courtesy of Beneficial Returns’ LinkedIn: “Congratulations to Beneficial Returns borrower Nazava Water Filters. With a recent investment from Danone Communities, they are accelerating their work...
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