Skoll Foundation Announces Five $1.25 Million Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
Foundation: Skoll Foundation
The Skoll Foundation awards organizations who have developed new solutions that challenge the establishment. The Foundation's $1.25 million worth of awards that were presented at the 13th Annual...more

2016 Global Philanthropy Forum Conference Kicks Off Next Week, Focuses on Mass Migration
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Packard Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Newman's Own Foundation
This topic, “People on the Move” will be the theme of this year's Global Philanthropy Forum, April 4-6, in Redwood City, CA. Among the...more

Skoll Foundation and UN Foundation Grants Fuel Partnerships between Social Entrepreneurs and ...
Foundation: Skoll Foundation, United Nations Foundation
The Skoll Foundation and the United Nations Foundation today announced the winners of a unique set of grants—totaling US$1 Million—that...more

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Skoll Foundation Awards Microfinance Institution Fundación Capital of ...
Foundation: Skoll Foundation
The Skoll Foundation, an organization that seeks to promote sustainability, peace and prosperity in the developing world by investing in social...more

Peter Hero on Modern Day Philanthropy « Skoll Foundation
Foundation: Skoll Foundation
Richard Fahey, Chief Operating Officer at the Skoll Foundation and Dipender Saluja, Managing Director of the Capricorn Investment Group and Skoll Board...more

Value creation, a sustainable firm or venture philanthropy? - FT.com
Foundation: Skoll Foundation, Global Fund for Children
What is social entrepreneurship? The past decade has seen a growing interest in the subject and MBA programmes that include an element of social...more

Value creation, a sustainable firm or venture philanthropy?
Foundation: Skoll Foundation, Global Fund for Children
“Social entrepreneurship describes an activity which I would choose to call venture philanthropy – focusing on an issue to be solved using systematic, robust business practices to achieve...more

Philanthropy as Field Builder :: News :: The Rockefeller Foundation
Foundation: Skoll Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
Last week, I discussed role of philanthropy as risk-taker – taking on the ... their own staff to attend – an early sign of private-philanthropic partnerships in...more

Good Pitch New York 2013
Foundation: Skoll Foundation, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations
On April 30, 2013, the Ford Foundation hosts Good Pitch New York 2013. The daylong live event brings together people and organizations who share a commitment to social justice documentary filmmaking....more

Is the Philanthropy Model Broken? Changemakers Discuss Social ...
Foundation: Changemakers, Skoll Foundation
In Dubai, a city that is sometimes referred to as 'soul-less', over 150 social changemakers from across the Gulf gathered at the Capital Club in DIFC a couple of weeks ago to discuss how our...more