Don Gips’ Post

I want to personally congratulate the 2024 winners of the Skoll Award for Social Innovation. These four Awardees reflect the innovative spirit and bold action needed to address the world’s most pressing problems. Check them out in the post below. I think they will give you hope and inspiration.

#SkollGrantee | On #climateaction, “There can be no global solutions without African leadership and innovation,” writes The ONE Campaign's Bono and Larry Summers. “The #climatecrisis unaddressed will become development in reverse.” Read more via The Washington Post. https://lnkd.in/dQbJF_jW

I wanted to share our Spring Letter, which discusses how the Skoll Foundation is trying to accelerate impact on the interconnected, urgent challenges that face the planet. We are proud to announce the 2023 Skoll Awardees for Social Innovation, who are at the forefront of creating innovative solutions to drive transformational change. Read more about their impact in our 2022/2023 Spring Letter. #skollawardee

I couldn’t be happier to announce the addition of Gayle Smith and Dr. Shashi Buluswar to the Skoll Foundation’s Board of Directors (BOD). Gayle is widely recognized as a preeminent authority on international development and health security issues. Global health, energy access, and food and water security are just a few of the global problems that Dr. Buluswar has worked on as a scientist and serial social entrepreneur.  Gayle and Shashi have both devoted their lives to innovative social impact. We are fortunate to have them join us on this journey. I feel privileged to have their guidance and friendship. Join me in welcoming them to the board. Read the full announcement: ➡ skoll.wf/3Pd9iaj

Skoll Foundation partner, Rippleworks, wrote a piece to raise awareness of social ventures' challenges when funding talent development. See how they plan to challenge the status quo with a new program offering targeted grants for employee development. skoll.wf/3Hd11AT

Forbes introduced a first-of-its-kind list of women over 50 who are challenging age and gender stereotypes in every sphere of business, politics, science, and society last year. I'm overjoyed that my friend Dr. Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green, a Skoll Foundation board member, made this year's list! Congratulations to all on this distinguished list 📜.

I congratulate my colleague Annalisa Adams-Qualtiere, the Skoll Foundation's Chief People Officer, on being named a 2022 HR executive to watch by CIO Views Magazine. Check out this profile piece, which highlights how she works with leaders at the Foundation to develop the organization's culture. ↪ skoll.wf/3hxgXDD

I am overjoyed to share that James Mwangi is one of this year's recipients of the Climate Breakthrough Award, the largest climate action grant for individuals. The annual prize is given to exceptional changemakers to pursue their most audacious and inventive climate change mitigation ideas, which can fundamentally alter entire sectors of the economy or whole nations and significantly alter the lives of millions of people. Read the full announcement. ⤵️⤵️⤵️