Appointments, Promotions, Obituaries
Foundation: Casey Family Programs, Skoll Foundation
The board of directors of the Skoll Foundation has temporarily suspended the search for a new CEO and named RICHARD FAHEY, the foundation's chief operating officer, interim president. Fahey will take...more

Budget media provisions disappointing, industry says
Foundation: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Skoll Foundation
In 2016, already in the midst of a global expansion, British news outlet The Guardian created a non-profit arm in the United States, theguardian.org, which attracted early support from philanthropic...more

Does Mobile Technology Hold the Key to Conquering the "Last Mile" in Global Health?
Foundation: Skoll Foundation
The World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that at least half of the world's 7.6 billion do not have access to essential health services. A key part of this problem is the lack...more

Why Every Entrepreneur Needs To Tap Into A Network of Peers
Foundation: Skoll Foundation
Through networks like Ashoka and the Skoll Foundation, I was able to meet dozens of social entrepreneurs from all around the world. When I brought up these challenges, I realized that nearly everyone...more

New initiative leverages technology and philanthropy to reinvent community health care
Foundation: Skoll Foundation
The panel during the session, "Press Conference: A New Partnership to Deliver Last-Mile-Healthcare." From left to right: Georg Schmitt, head of corporate affairs at the World Economic...more

Innovative Financing to Sustain Peace: An Explainer
Foundation: Skoll Foundation
What exactly defines a “social entrepreneur”? In a 2007 Stanford Innovation Review article, Martin and Osberg note that “entrepreneurs are believed to have an exceptional ability to see and...more

Innovative Financing to Sustain Peace: An Explainer
Foundation: Skoll Foundation
What exactly defines a “social entrepreneur”? In a 2007 Stanford Innovation Review article, Martin and Osberg note that “entrepreneurs are believed to have an exceptional ability to see and...more

Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works
Foundation: Skoll Foundation
buy now £16.03. Who drives transformation in society? How do they do it? In this compelling book, strategy guru Roger L. Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Osberg describe how...more

Can these 'stovers' finally crack the clean cooking problem?
Foundation: Skoll Foundation, United Nations Foundation
But Inyenyeri is gaining the attention of investors and donors whose interest had all but flickered out, and is just one example of a social enterprise...more

A Tribute to the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Honorees
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Skoll Foundation
“You are living examples of Andrew Carnegie's philanthropic legacy and of those who have followed in his footsteps. You have all dedicated not...more