Annual Report 2007

Uncommon Heroes. Common Good.

Annual Report 2007 1 Mission/Vision 8 Message from Chairman and CEO 10 What Is a Social Entrepreneur? 13 Highlights Invest Connect Celebrate 18 Selected Awardee Profiles by Issue Area Tolerance and Human Rights (Sébastien Marot) Health (Joe Madiath) Environmental Sustainability (Mathis Wackernagel and Susan Burns) Peace and Security (Jimmy Carter) Institutional Responsibilty (Dan Viederman) Economic and Social Equity (Vicky Colbert) 42 Grants for Fiscal Year 2007 49 Financial Information 52 Boards of Directors and Staff an d e m pl oy the f ull range of their their of range abilities. and talents ull f the oy pl m enjoy e d an status, economic or ground ople, pe all back ofgeography, regardless where peace prosperity of d d an worl a in vision ive l Our to urs. is entreprene social celebrating investing and in, connecting by d worl the d aroun communities dvances benefit to a change systemic dation Foun Skoll The -

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3 SKOLL FOUNDATION Camfed:

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5 SKOLL FOUNDATION M a r i n e S t e wa r d s h i p Council:

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7 SKOLL FOUNDATION Message from Jeff Skoll and Sally Osberg

Friends,

When it comes to tackling the defining issues of our time, time is not on our side. Problems

that once seemed resolvable with incremental effort now cry out for massive and intensive

global commitment. Challenges that seemed around some future corner loom as imminent

crises. And then there are the cascading effects of an issue like climate change, with the

collateral damage of water scarcity and rising sea levels, new outbreaks of vector-borne

diseases and eradication of livelihoods dependent upon healthy rivers, oceans, and forests, falling

most heavily on those least able to cope: poor nations, cities and communities; subsistence

farmers, fishermen and herders; malnourished, illiterate and vulnerable women, men and

children. The signs that this reality is already upon us are everywhere: Darfur, Katrina, West

Nile fever, a shrinking Amazon rainforest and a nearly vanished Lake Chad. Skoll Foundation founder an d chairman Jeff Skoll Confronting such evidence, we feel a mounting sense of urgency and growing sense of (right) visits with students at a school in K en ya responsibility. More than ever before, we must find and back the best solutions out there. establ ishe d by Skoll a ward Yes, innovation is important to our decision-making process at the Skoll Foundation, but even recipient, Free the Children.

more critical to us are the issues that a social entrepreneur is tackling, proof that the solution

works and the potential for vastly increased impact. That’s why you will read in these pages

about people like Mathis Wackernagel and Susan Burns, whose “global footprint” SKOLL FOUNDATION

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Jeff Skoll andSally Osberg With regards, warmest thropy or even for entrepreneurship, social and theplanet. but humanity for thefuture of know thestakes are high, we andthatwhat do must make adifference —notjust for philan- leaders committed anexpanding community positivewith of to driving change. Together, we spread knowledge, programs. out vital strengthen networksWe andcarry are honored to work at theUniversity Oxford, of theSundance Institute, theCarterCenter andothers, create and the Skoll World Forum Business theSaid Edge, School andSocial with aswellpartnerships sector: private,every society. public andcivil Ourfield-building investments like inprograms Finally, we recognize entrepreneurs thatsocial can’t in allies do without best dothey what community.villages, nations andourglobal healthy,because productive andhopefulcreate human beings andsecure prosperous, peaceful threaten on andtheplanet anunprecedented humanity matters impact scale, of andproof implemented in14Latin countries.American Issues matter, because, quite frankly, some NuevaEscuela solution tohasnow educational inequity been pioneering whose Colbert, Vicky offers apowerful,methodology flexible meansto scale, advance on aglobal sustainability or

9 SKOLL FOUNDATION Why Define Social Entrepreneurship?

Thinks Creatively

An idea defined is more likely to attract serious thinkers who are seeking

to understand how societies change and progress. An idea defined aids in

the development of a field. Social entrepreneurship is as vital to the

progress of societies as is entrepreneurship to the progress of economies.

Possesses Fortitude SKOLL FOUNDATION

10 Inspired Demonstrates Courage Takes DirectAction •For RobertRedford, •For Muhammad 1. pointisaneconomic balance orsystem and starting social The thatisout of entrepreneurshipSocial hasthree components:

2. entrepreneur social The to establish or restore anopportunity sees balance by •For causes the exclusion, marginalization or suffering of a segment of humanity.causes theexclusion, of asegment or of suffering marginalization action, courage andfortitude. inspiration, creativity, toof thepersonal bear characteristics bringing direct for securing even the tiniest amounts of credit. evenfor amountsof thetiniest securing interests andincreasing control over how filmswere produced and that needed themthat needed themost. companies thatprohibited existing from medicines reaching the populations distributed. Victoria Hale, Yunus, itwasmarket forces driven by thebig pharmaceutical itwasaHollywood studio system driven by financial had itwasthelimited optionsBangladeshis thatpoor

11 SKOLL FOUNDATION 3. The result is a new, stable and more balanced system that releases trapped potential or alleviates the suffering of the targeted group.

• For Muhammad Yunus, a personal loan of $27 to 42 women demonstrated that women will invest in their own capacity to generate income to pay back the loan, buy food, educate their children and lift themselves out of poverty. This new system is a viable microcredit global industry.

• For Robert Redford, development of the Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival brought new opportunities to emerging independent filmmakers whose talents were neither recognized nor served by the existing Hollywood market dynamic. The new system is a proven independent film industry that ensures “indie” filmmakers can get their work produced and distributed.

• For Victoria Hale, establishment of the world’s first nonprofit pharmaceutical company ensures drugs targeting infectious diseases in the developing world get to the people who need them, regardless of their ability to pay. The new system (still in its early days) is more equitable treatment of diseases afflicting the poor. SKOLL FOUNDATION

12 Invest, Connect,Celebrate 13 SKOLL FOUNDATION The Skoll Foundation’s Invest, Connect and Celebrate strategy remains a strong and compelling framework for our commitment to advancing social entrepreneurship.

Through our Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship, we continue to Invest in social entrepreneurs whose organizations address inequities between rich and poor by creating new systems that achieve lasting social change. Together with the field-building partners in our portfolio, we are bringing opportunities to individuals around the world who would otherwise lead lives without hope.

We focus our Skoll Awards in six critical issue areas: tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, peace and security, institutional responsibility, and economic and social equity. Full details and guidelines are available online at www.skollfoundation.org. Through field-building grants, we invest in partnerships that strengthen the ecosystem for all social entrepreneurs.

During the past year, our Connect initiatives have helped many of our social entrepreneurs learn from each other and benefit from networks and resources in the field of social entrepreneurship. Whether gathered online at www.SocialEdge.org, in person at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship or at gatherings offered by Skoll partners, such as the Clinton Global Initiative, Sundance Institute and the Global Philanthropy Forum, social entrepreneurs are connecting with one another and with those who are crucial to the future of the field.

Finally, our Celebrate initiatives have shown that the voice of one can inspire the actions of many. Whether the story of a social entrepreneur is told in a short Uncommon Heroes film or via a documentary profile on PBS, by highlighting their compelling stories, we’re able to encourage others to create even more innovative solutions to the world’s challenges. SKOLL FOUNDATION

14 • Nine nonprofit were organizations awarded atotal of Skoll• The Foundation awarded $10,150,000to 10outstandingentrepreneurs social through ourInvest,Here of are some highlights Connect andCelebrate initiatives: • •

A number of Several Skoll entrepreneurs social were andpartners honored by prestigious organizations Skollthe flagship resources to underserved markets. Fund,Africa capital andother accelerating anentrepreneurial theprovision intermediary of tomitment program-related investments wasreflected award ina$2.5million to GroFin East building initiatives. capacity for organizations specific to portfolio foundation’s The com- recipients of the2006Nobelrecipients Peace of Prize. received the Alcan Prize andMuhammad for Sustainability; Yunus andtheGrameen Bank, Practices to Improving Environment; theLiving Bunker Roy Barefoot College, of who International the2006Dubai of Saludable,Award 12winners wasone of who for Best Benetech,Fruchterman of were who MacArthur named both Fellows; Albina Ciudad Ruiz of around theworld, including Victoria Institute Hale for OneWorld of Health andJim new anddiverseand engagewith audiences. Forum. andotherallowed These platforms entrepreneurs thesocial to extend their reach valuable connections, including theClinton Global Initiative andtheGlobal Philanthropy andresourcesinfrastructure entrepreneurship. social to needed advance of thefield Fund. are working andother These field-building partners to build andstrengthen the tion’s field-building efforts, including CarterCenter, The thePBSFoundation and Acumen Skoll Awards for Entrepreneurship Social andawarded $3,610,000 anadditional Award recipientsinprestigious events participated where made they of $10,450,000insupport thefounda-

15 SKOLL FOUNDATION • The fourth annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship again proved to be a fount of energy and enthusiasm for the practitioners, business leaders, policymakers and academics who are the main drivers of the field. In March, more than 700 people from 40 countries convened at the University of Oxford to engage in the Forum theme of “Social Innovation and Diffusion.” Four new Uncommon Heroes films about Skoll social entrepreneurs also debuted at the Forum.

• The Skoll Foundation’s online presence continued to grow. Visitors flocked to the foundation’s site at www.skollfoundation.org to read stories about social entrepreneurs, view the foundation’s Uncommon Heroes films and see video clips from the Skoll World Forum. On Social Edge, the connecting point for social entrepreneurs, traffic spiked on thought-provoking blogs, video interviews with leading social entrepreneurs and the first online encyclopedia on social entrepreneurship in wiki format. Social Edge and the Skoll videos are now available at several other locations, including YouTube® and iTunes.

• The broadcast stories of social entrepreneurs proliferated this year, with assistance from the Skoll Foundation, which supported seven in-depth profiles by FRONTLINE/World and underwrote the PBS Foundation’s new “Enterprising Ideas” initiative on the weekly public affairs show NOW. Reaching more than two million people with each broadcast, these stories contributed to the growing momentum behind this global movement of inspiring social innovators. SKOLL FOUNDATION

16 Selected Awardee Profiles 17 SKOLL FOUNDATION We believe in the fundamental humanity, goodness and Tolerance 1 and Human Rights rights of every individual. Intolerance, discrimination

and persecution have prevented untold numbers of people from living life to the

fullest, whether in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Sudan or on the streets of big cities or

rural enclaves in the industrialized world. Practicing tolerance, understanding

diverse points of view and respecting religious and political beliefs are essential

to the world of peace and prosperity that we envision. SKOLL FOUNDATION

18 • • • Rugmark Foundation USA • International to Bridges Justice • Institute for Development Studies andPractices • CAMFED • Benetech • Human RightsOrganizations Additional Tolerance and YouthBuild USA WITNESS InstituteAfghan of

Learning

Séba eetdAade ProfileAwardee Selected Friends-International s tien Marot tien

19 SKOLL FOUNDATION ORGANIZATION: Friends- International GEOGRAPHY: South Asia , Honduras, France , Switzerland, U.S., Germany GRANT AMOUNT: $1,015,000 GRANT OBJECTIVE: Expand partnership network and increase the number of participating businesses in 10 countries.

While traveling in Cambodia in 1994, Sébastien Marot was moved to action after seeing the tragic lives of children who were either homeless or working the streets to support their families. He learned quickly that giving food and money to child beggars simply kept them on the streets. Sébastien’s solution was Mith Samlanh (“Friends” in Khmer), a holistic program to protect margin- alized urban children and to work with them to create innovative and exciting opportunities for building their futures.

Sebastien Marot SKOLL FOUNDATION

20 other countries. among Mexico, and Kong Hong into expand to In thenearfuture, Friends-International plans established by Friends-International partners. themplacing inrevenue-generating businesses the streets by vocationaland offering training on living children of number the reduced cally their communities. have programs These - drasti to children, vulnerable services their familiesand direct of standard highest the provides that wide world organizations Innovating)- anetwork of (Childrenand theCYTI and Youth Together communities inprotecting children from abuse, two initiatives: ChildSafe, anetwork thatinvolves through services provides Friends-International children each year. Thailand and Honduras and serving 85,000 andHondurasThailand andserving now establishedinLaos, Indonesia, Myanmar, Friends-International, to led thecreationtries of the demands for inother coun similar programs - Mith successThe and Samlanh inCambodia of

21 SKOLL FOUNDATION We believe that everyone has a right to health care and 2 Health protection from environmental hazards. Individuals and

families everywhere should have access to reproductive health services and the

opportunity to make healthy choices and plan childbearing in accordance with

their beliefs. Those who are less well-off should not disproportionately suffer

the consequences of hazardous emissions and wastes or poor health care delivery

systems. No disease should be ignored simply because it affects only the poor. SKOLL FOUNDATION

22 • • Riders for Health • Renascer Child Health • Partners inHealth • Institute for OneWorld Health • Health Care Additional Health Organizations VillageReach Without Harm

Association

Gram Vikas Gram Joe M Joe eetdAade Profile Awardee Selected adiath

23 SKOLL FOUNDATION ORGANIZATION: Gram Vikas GEOGRAPHY: I n d ia GRANT AMOUNT: $1,015,000 GRANT OBJECTIVE: Expand Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) partnership network and extend model throughout India.

Gram Vikas was born in 1979 out of Joe Madiath’s conviction that every family in a village must follow healthy living practices and achieve an improved and dignified quality of life before total development and poverty alleviation can occur. The result of his conviction is MANTRA, the Movement and Action Network for Transfor- mation of Rural Areas that Joe initiated in 1992. It calls for a holistic and sustainable approach to Joe Madiath development predicated on the participation of 100 percent of each village’s citizens. SKOLL FOUNDATION

24 than 100,000households. andincreasethe model itsreach to benefit more NGOsacross India with to replicatepartnering saved atleast$500,000. have immunized been andcommunities have children of percent 100 percent, 85 by dropped have rate has transformed, been themorbidity and27,000 householdsmately 360villages MANTRA,In of the15-year approxi history - governments.and local banksand healthcare andlinkingwith facilities education government of provision for lobbying and hygiene, children’s school attendance, health community promoting and monitoring engage inother development activities, such as at thecore theprogram. From of there, villages village household inaparticipating for every water,clean running atoilet andbathingroom with points, starting the are sanitation and Water Today, Gram Vikas is

25 SKOLL FOUNDATION We believe that it is in the interest of current and future 3 Environmental Sustainability generations to preserve the earth’s ecological systems as

much as possible, in order to grow a global economy that can meet people’s basic

needs without destroying the systems upon which life depends. We can do so by

planning future development with care, using technology wisely and encouraging

political stability in developing nations, where the richest biodiversity

often remains. SKOLL FOUNDATION

26 • Marine Stewardship Council • Health Care • Gram • Ciudad Saludable • Ceres, • Barefoot College Sustainability Organizations Additional Environmental Inc. Vikas

Without Harm

Selected Awardee Profile Global Footprint Network Footprint Global Mathis Wacke Mathis rnagel and Susan Burns Susan and rnagel

27 SKOLL FOUNDATION ORGANIZATION: The Ecological Footprint measures how many Global Footprint Network natural resources we have and how much we GEOGRAPHY: use. Footprint data tells us that overall human- International GRANT AMOUNT: ity’s demand on the planet is 30 percent greater $1,015,000 than what the planet can renew and, since the GRANT OBJECTIVE: mid-1980s, we’ve been in ecological overshoot, Institutionalize the Ecological accumulating an ecological debt. Footprint in at least 10 nations. Together with 77 partner organizations around the world, Global Footprint Network is coordi- Mathis Wackernagel and Susan Burns have spent nating research, developing methodological stan- most of their lives with an innate understanding dards and providing decision makers with robust of the limits the Earth’s resources place on the resource accounts to help the human economy future of humanity, and they have dedicated their operate within the Earth’s ecological limits. By careers to measuring those limits and advocating 2015, through its flagship Ten-In-Ten Campaign, for policies and actions to ensure a more sustain- the organization aims to have 10 countries able world. It was this shared commitment that managing their ecological wealth in the same way brought Mathis and Susan together to launch they manage their finances, with an eventual goal Global Footprint Network in 2003 to advance the of the Footprint becoming as prominent a metric Ecological Footprint resource accounting tool. as the Gross Domestic Product.

Mathis Wackernagel and Susan Burns SKOLL FOUNDATION

28 $1,015,000 nttuinlieteE loia ogical ol Ec the ize 10 nations. least at in Footprint utional Instit GRANT OBJECTIVE: GRANT AMOUNT: GEOGRAPHY: ORGANIZATION: Ecological Footprint resource accounting tool. Global Footprint Network in2003to advance the launch to together Susan and Mathis brought that commitment shared this was It world. able tofor andactions policies ensure amore sustain- careers to thoselimitsandadvocating measuring humanity,future of have andthey dedicated their thelimitsEarth’sof resources place on the their lives aninnate understandingmost of with spent have Burns Susan and Wackernagel Mathis International Network Footprint Global

as theGross Product. Domestic metric a prominent as becoming Footprint the of manage their finances,they aneventual goal with wealth their ecological inthesamewaymanaging aimstothe organization have 10countries 2015, Ten-In-Ten through itsflagship Campaign, theEarth’soperate within limits. ecological By economy human the help to accounts resource robust with makers decision providing and dards research,nating developing stan- methodological the world, Global Footprint Network iscoordi- Together around organizations 77partner with accumulating debt. anecological mid-1980s, we’ve overshoot, inecological been canrenew theplanet than what and, since the ity’s demand onis30percent theplanet greater use. Footprint datatells usthatoverall human- resourcesnatural we have andhow much we many how measures Footprint Ecological The 29 SKOLL FOUNDATION We believe that attaining global peace and security depends 4 Peace and Security on human dignity and requires fundamental opportunities,

such as education, a healthy environment and the means to make a living, in places

where people’s experience is dominated by hunger, hopelessness and resentment.

Enhanced media communications can break down negative stereotypes and help

bring people together as neighbors in a common cause of peace and prosperity. New

ways of forging connectedness can promote tolerance and engagement, and motivate

those in less fortunate circumstances to consider alternatives to violence and

cultivate lasting peace. SKOLL FOUNDATION

30 • Search for Common Ground • • Organizations Additional PeaceandSecurity • Roots of • Kashf • IDSP Nueva• Escuela Foundation

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Profile Selected Awardee The Carter Center Carter The Carter Jimmy

31 SKOLL FOUNDATION ORGANIZATION: a three-year collaboration with The Carter Center The Carter Center that will help multiple social entrepreneurs GEOGRAPHY: engage with policy makers, media and resources Africa and Latin America GRANT AMOUNT: to achieve systemic change on a national level in $3,000,000 over three years one or more countries or regions. GRANT OBJECTIVE: The Carter Center and the Skoll Foundation Leverage the Skoll Foundation's and plan to collaborate on many projects. Currently, The Carter Center's complementary the two organizations are training health knowledge, skills, partners and other officials from nine African countries in public assets to help social entrepreneurs expand their work. health methods that The Carter Center has used successfully in Ethiopia. In addition, Social Edge,

When Jeff Skoll and former U.S. President Jimmy the Foundation’s online community for social Carter met, they discovered that they share strik- entrepreneurs, blogged from The Carter Center’s ingly similar visions about the root causes of Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum and social and environmental problems and how to provided the content online to a global audience. solve them. Both the Skoll Foundation and The On the horizon are strategy sessions that will Carter Center are committed to “waging peace” culminate in a “critical mass” scenario involving through social entrepreneurs. multiple social entrepreneurs who, by working

President and Mrs Carter formed The Carter together, bring hope and health to at least one Center in 1982 to promote peace and security as significant area of the world. well as health, working primarily in Africa and Latin America. The Skoll Foundation is supporting

Jimmy Carter SKOLL FOUNDATION

32 $3,000,000 over three years over three $3,000,000 sest e oiletern r urs entreprene other d an social work. p their expand hel partners to mentary ple d assets skills, om an c dge, owle enter's dation's kn C Foun arter C Skoll The the everage L GRANT OBJECTIVE: GRANT AMOUNT: GEOGRAPHY: ORGANIZATION: Latin America. The Skoll Foundation is supporting supporting is Foundation Skoll The America. Latin well ashealth, in working primarily andAfrica Center in1982to promote as peace andsecurity President Carter The andMrs Carterformed entrepreneurs.through social Carter Center are committed to peace”“waging solve them. theSkoll Both Foundation andThe andenvironmentalsocial problems andhow to abouttheroot causes of similarvisions ingly Carter met, discovered they - share thatthey strik Jimmy President U.S. former and Skoll Jeff When Africa and Latin America Latin and Africa Center The Carter

significant area of theworld. areasignificant of together, hopeandhealthto bring atleastone working by who, entrepreneurs social multiple involving scenario mass” a “critical in culminate sessions thatwillOn thehorizon are strategy provided thecontent onlineaudience. to aglobal Human Defenders Rights Policy Forum and entrepreneurs, from blogged CarterCenter’s The the Foundation’s online community for social successfully inEthiopia. In addition, Edge, Social Carter Center thatThe health methods hasused public in countries African nine from officials health training are organizations two the plan to collaborate on many projects. Currently, Foundation Skoll the and Center Carter The one or more or regions. countries in level national a on change systemic achieve to makers, policy engage with andresources media multipleentrepreneurs help social that will a three-year CarterCenter The collaborationwith 33 SKOLL FOUNDATION We believe that good social and environmental citizenship Institutional 5 Responsibility has a place in the global markets and ultimately benefits

financial bottom lines. Corporations, governments, multinational agencies and

religious and educational institutions can engage productively in a market-based

economy to enhance universal prosperity, rather than concentrating wealth in

the hands of a few. Customers, shareholders and constituents can and should

hold powerful institutions accountable to standards of transparency, citizenship

and sustainability. SKOLL FOUNDATION

34 • Rugmark Foundation USA • Marine Stewardship Council • Health Care • Global Footprint Network • Ceres, Responsibility Organizations Institutional Additional Inc.

Without Harm

Profile Selected Awardee Verité Dan Dan Viederman

35 SKOLL FOUNDATION ORGANIZATION: Ve r i t e` GEOGRAPHY: International GRANT AMOUNT: $1,015,000 GRANT OBJECTIVE: Expand Verite's` reach and scale a training institute that will help multiply the impact of Verite's` corporate change programs.

Verité was founded in 1995 as manufacturers were compelled to respond to workplace problems at their overseas facilities. Verité’s initial response was to conduct in-depth audits using field staff to review records, interview workers and meet with managers to identify whether factories were honoring workers’ rights and maintaining safe working conditions. Under Dan Dan Viederman Viederman’s leadership, Verité has now gone further to addresses systemic causes of labor violations, innovatively involving workers in shaping collaborative solutions for compliance. SKOLL FOUNDATION

36 promote just andhumane work. advance sustainable that business practices to goal Verité’s behind force driving the are andmanufacturers.practitioners efforts These for certification of effort to pioneer new types its scale will and Africa on focus a with network partner global its strengthen will With from help theSkoll Foundation, Verité effective corporate responsibility. to assure internal accountability andbuild training and restructurings major prompted has Hershey Company, andTimberland Starbucks 200,000 workers. Its work with Apple, Gap, The resulted inbetter workplace conditions for and agriculture. In 2005alone, Verité’s efforts to expand like to new industries electronics weak standards, with countries Verité continues As more consumer products emerge from andempowerability workers worldwide. for changes policy thatenhance business sustain- conditions,in factory Verité responsible hasbeen In to addition makingimmediate improvements

37 SKOLL FOUNDATION We believe that those with great advantages have a respon- 6 Economic and Social Equity sibility to share their good fortune by investing in oppor-

tunities for those less fortunate, and that their return on that investment will

be a better, more peaceful and prosperous world for themselves, their families and

future generations. We believe that there are boundless opportunities to develop

paths out of poverty, limited only by imagination and enhanced by dedication and

the creative application of resources. SKOLL FOUNDATION

38 • • • TransFair USA • Sonidos de LaTierra • Root Capital • Room to Read • Manchester Bidwell Corporation • KickStart andPractices • • College Summit • Citizen Schools • CIDA Campus City • Barefoot College • • IDE(India) • Gram • Fundación Paraguaya • Friends-International • Free theChildren Technology (CDI) • • Social EquityOrganizations Additional Economic and

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39 SKOLL FOUNDATION ORGANIZATION: Escuela Nueva’s curriculum encompasses self- Escuela Nueva Foundation paced, participatory learning, lessons that are GEOGRAPHY: relevant to children’s lives, teachers as facilitators, Latin America, Africa a strong school community relationship and self- an d the Phil ip p ines directed, customized materials. GRANT AMOUNT: $1,015,000 Colombia’s National Planning Department found GRANT OBJECTIVE: that Escuela Nueva students in lower socioeco- Reach 1.5 million more children by nomic groups outperformed students in higher 2009 by expanding existing programs groups in traditional schools. UNESCO praised and using networking and partnerships the program for providing the best rural educa- to create and disseminate innovations. tion among 11 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Vicky Colbert was convinced that sustainable development and peace could not be achieved To ensure Escuela Nueva´s continued expansion, unless children learned to participate and quality and sustainability, Vicky founded Escuela acquired the social skills necessary to become Nueva Foundation, a nonprofit, nongovern- future citizens in society. With rural Colombian mental organization. teachers, she developed the Escuela Nueva (New Escuela Nueva reaches five million children in School) learning model in the late 1970s to 14 countries. Vicky’s Smart Scaling Campaign revolutionize education for underserved children. aims to take the organization to the next level by It evolved from a local innovation into an pursuing public-private partnerships, developing effective national policy and an international new products and creating a learning network to movement. Vicky Colbert disseminate innovations. By 2015, Escuela Nueva hopes to reach a total of eight million children in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. SKOLL FOUNDATION

40 $1,015,000 and using networking and partnerships partnerships ms and progra innovations. disseminate and create to by networking existing dren using ding chil and ore expan m by ion ill 2009 m 5 1. each R GRANT OBJECTIVE: GRANT AMOUNT: GEOGRAPHY: ORGANIZATION: movement. effective and aninternational nationalpolicy an into innovation local a from evolved It revolutionize education for underserved children. to 1970s late the in model learning School) teachers, shedeveloped Nueva theEscuela (New future citizens insociety. With Colombian rural toacquired become necessary skills thesocial unless children and to learned participate development andpeace could achieved notbe Vicky wasconvinced Colbert thatsustainable ndtePi ppines p ip frica Phil A the d an merica, A atin L Nueva Foundation Escuela

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41 SKOLL FOUNDATION Grants for Fiscal Year 2007 SKOLL FOUNDATION

42 Dinner Leader Exemplary Annual and building support capacity $127,500 for core support, www.alfsv.org $25,000 for Aspen Institute, Inc. www.athreadofhope.com Associacion Maya de Desarrollo Silicon Valley Forum- Leadership American Institute for Peace, Inc. thePeres Friends of American Acumen Fund, Inc. $100,000 www.peres-center.org Project Endowment Television and Film partnership $1,500,000 for Skoll-Acumen www.acumenfund.org Impact Nonprofits High- SixThe Practices of $25,000 for Forces for Good: www.aspeninstitute.org

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social entrepreneurssocial $87,800 for filmsprofiling Corporation Catticus Learning) Project Liberal and Entrepreneurship $75,000 for BELL(Business, www.carnegiefoundation.org Advancement Teaching of Foundation for theCarnegie $175,000 for core support www.camfed.org CAMFED International building support capacity $100,000 for core and support www.build.org Lending andDevelopment Investing in United Businesses support $10,000 for generaloperating Benevolent Fund HillsBeverly Police Officers support $10,000 for generaloperating Fund HillsBeverly Firemen’s Relief $250,000 for core support www.baycat.org for andTechnologyArts HuntersBayview Point Center Toronto, Inc. theUniversityAssociates of of South Project $25,000 for Rotman/North www.utoronto.ca

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43 SKOLL FOUNDATION Citizen Schools, Inc. Copper Canyon Press Facing History and Ourselves www.citizenschools.org www.coppercanyonpress.org National Foundation, Inc. $75,000 for core support $2,500 for general operating www.facinghistory.org support $14,000 for general operating Civic Ventures support www.civicventures.org Council on Foundations, Inc. $350,000 for An Undiscovered www.cof.org Foundation Center Continent: The Hidden Map of $31,920 for 2007 membership www.fdncenter.org Innovation $10,000 for membership Daniel Pearl Foundation support Committee for Democracy www.danielpearl.org of Information Technology $50,000 for general operating Fountain Valley School of Colorado (Comite para Democratizacao support www.fvs.edu da Informatica) $2,500 for general operating www.cdi.org.br Eastside College Preparatory support $75,000 for core support School, Inc. www.eastside.org Friends of VIA $5,000 for general operating www.en.nadacevia.cz/friends-of-via support $10,000 for general operating support Echoing Green Foundation www.echoinggreen.org Friends-International $25,000 for 2008 All Fellows www.friends-international.org Conference $1,015,000 for core support

Escuela Nueva International, Inc. Fundacion Tierranuestra www.escuelanueva.org www.sonidosdelatierra.org.py $1,015,000 for Smart Scaling $180,000 for Sonidos de la Campaign Tierra Project Gateway High School www.gwhs.org $2,500 for general operating support

Global Footprint Network, Inc. www.footprintnetwork.org $1,015,000 for core support

Gram Vikas www.gramvikas.org $1,015,000 for core support SKOLL FOUNDATION

44 Venture Fairs $50,000 for Eastand www.investorscircle.net Investors’ Circle $150,000 for core support www.oneworldhealth.org Institute for OneWorld Health and International Program $37,200 for 2007membership www.independentsector.org Independent Sector $350,000 for Rwandaexpansion www.grofin.com GroFin East Africa Program $2,500 for www.makewish.org Foundation, Inc. Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish $5,000 for 2007membership www.geofunders.org Organizations Grantmakers for Effective Adopt-A-Wish

West Coast

Children’s Health Fund $5,000 www.lpfch.org Children’s Health Lucile Packard Foundation for support general operating $20,000 for summer campand adventures.org www.learningthroughdoing Adventures Doing Through Learning documentary $3,000,000 LE Global Documentary, LLC $1,015,000 for core support www.freethechildren.com (dba Free TheChildren) Kids Can Free TheChildren $150,000 for core support www.kickstart.org KickStart-International, Inc. project $1,015,000 for expansion www.kashf.org FoundationKashf $90,000 www.jointventure.org Network Joint Venture Silicon Valley capacity building support capacity

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support $765,000 www.manchesterguild.org Manchester-Bidwell Corporation Network membership Makers (PRI) Investment $25,000 for Program-Related www.nfg.org FundersNeighborhood Group $2,500 www.napalandtrust.org Napa Trust Land County $5,000 for capitalcampaign www.mills-peninsula.org Mills-Peninsula Health Services $1,015,000 for core support www.msc.org StewardshipMarine Council

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45 SKOLL FOUNDATION People for Open Space, Inc. www.greenbelt.org $90,000 for core support and capacity building support

Philanthropic Research, Inc. www.guidestar.org $100,000 for TrueNorth Membership

President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College www.scu.edu $100,000 for Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI)

Red Hill Productions $83,300 for films profiling social entrepreneurs

Next Door Relief International www.nextdoor.org www.ri.org $6,000 for general operating $10,000 for Unexploded support Ordnance-Awareness Campaign

Northern California Grantmakers Resource Area for Teachers www.ncg.org www.raft.net $12,000 for 2007 membership $10,000 for general operating support Orphans of Rwanda Inc. www.orphansofrwanda.org Riders for Health $5,000 for general operating www.riders.org support $75,000 for business-plan development Partners In Health www.pih.org $2,000,000 for core support

People Acting in Community Together, Inc. www.pactsj.org $112,750 for core support and capacity building support SKOLL FOUNDATION

46 support $300,000 for core operating www.shorecapexchange.org Corporation ShoreCap Exchange Entrepreneurs Resources/Recruiting for Social $100,000 for Human www.schwabfound.org Entrepreneurship Schwab Foundation for Social support $60,000 for generaloperating www.cdm.org Museum San Jose Children’s Discovery $2,500 for First Tee Program www.thefirstteesanfrancisco.org San Francisco First Tee $280,000 for core support www.rugmark.org Rugmark Foundation USA $32,000 for Harvest of www.rootsofpeace.org PeaceRoots of

Hope

support $150,000 for core operating www.barefootcollege.org (India) Social Work Research Centre support $5,000 www.svpi.org International Social Venture Partners $100,000 for core support www.se-alliance.org Alliance, Enterprise Social Inc. building support capacity $90,000 www.svtc.org Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition building support capacity $29,500 www.svcn.org Nonprofits Silicon Valley Council on Holiday Fund Fund and2006Town Crier for merger, Hero Charitable $1,085,000 for core support www.siliconvalleycf.org Foundation Silicon Valley Community

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Stanford Health Services general operating support general operating and building support capacity $111,250 for core support, www.teachforamerica.org Teach for America, Inc. InitiativeDesign and Business d.school and BusinessGraduate School of $75,000 www.stanford.edu Junior University Trustees Stanford TheLeland of Stanford University Boardof Cancer Concierge Services Freidenrich Breast Center and $7,500 for Jill andJohn www.stanfordhospital.com

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the 47 SKOLL FOUNDATION Tech Museum of Innovation Virtue Ventures, LLC www.thetech.org www.virtueventures.com $23,750 for The Tech Museum $100,000 for Practitioner Awards Knowledge – Practice Network

Tides Center Williams College www.tidescenter.org www.williams.edu $5,000 for Grantmakers $2,500 for Graduate Program Without Borders in the History of Art

Transfair USA WITNESS, Inc. www.transfairusa.org www.witness.org $100,000 for core support $150,000 for core support

Verité, Inc. World Affairs Council of www.verite.org Northern California $1,015,000 for core support www.wacsf.org $325,000 for Global Village Enterprise Fund, Inc. Philanthropy Forum www.villageef.org Sustainability Planning $5,000 for general operating Study and 2007–2009 Global support Philanthropy Forums

Young Men’s Christian Association Santa Clara Valley www.scvymca.org $90,000 for Project Cornerstone

YouthBuild USA, Inc. www.youthbuild.org $1,015,000 for core support SKOLL FOUNDATION

48 Financial Information 49 SKOLL FOUNDATION Gjobodjbm!Jogpsnbujpo (Unaudited)

The Skoll Foundation encompasses two separate corporations: the Skoll Foundation (a private foundation) and the Skoll Fund (a public charity). The Skoll Fund, created in 1999, is a supporting organization associated with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The private foundation was launched in 2002. Each entity is governed by its own board of directors. Both organizations were founded to advance systemic change to benefit communities throughout the world, together they are known as the Skoll Foundation.

GRANTS AND PROGRAM-RELATED INVESTMENTS AWARDED FOR THE TOTAL ASSETS AS OF: 12 MONTHS ENDING:

6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 The Skoll Foundation $339,440,745 $513,974,063 $16,540,149 $16,020,170 The Skoll Fund $312,087,109 $445,286,524 $12,765,254 $ 9,773,800

Total $651,527,854 * $959,260,587 ** $29,305,403 $25,793,970

* This amount represents the audited figure for FY06 total assets. The FY06 total assets figure shown in last year’s annual report ($648,465,867) was an unaudited figure. ** Unaudited figure.

Total Assets Total Grants and Program-Related Investments $1,200,000,000 $35,000,000

1,000,000,000 30,000,000 25,000,000 800,000,000 20,000,000 600,000,000 15,000,000 400,000,000 10,000,000

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The Skoll Foundation The Skoll Foundation The Skoll Fund The Skoll Fund SKOLL FOUNDATION

50 Gjobodjbm!Jogpsnbujpo FY06 Grants FY07 GrantsandProgram-RelatedInvestments

(Unaudited) 2,500,000 $ 3,602,970 $ $ 13,760,000 $ 13,637,810 $ 14,132,757 5,931,000 $ 1,534,836 $ recipients. aswelladditionalcommitments topriorSASE * Includes 2006SkollAwards forSocialEntrepreneurship Special OpportunityandOther Social EntrepreneurshipInitiatives Program-Related Investments Skoll AwardsforSocialEntrepreneurship* Special OpportunityandOther Social EntrepreneurshipInitiatives Skoll AwardsforSocialEntrepreneurship* 51 SKOLL FOUNDATION The Skoll Foundation Board of Directors The Skoll Fund Board of Directors Staff of the Skoll Foundation

Jeffrey S. Skoll Jeffrey S. Skoll Sally Osberg Thomas Haven Founder and Chairman Founder and Chairman President and CEO Program Assistant Skoll Foundation Skoll Foundation Richard Fahey Sandy Herz James G.B. DeMartini, III Larry Brilliant Chief Operating Officer Senior Advancement Officer Managing Partner Executive Director Seiler & Company, LLP Google.org Lance Henderson Katie Kalemba Vice President, Investment Analyst Debra L. Dunn James G.B. DeMartini, III Program and Impact Adviser to Social Ventures Managing Partner Lakshmi Karan Seiler & Company, LLP Laura Vais Program Officer Roger L. Martin Vice President, Marketing Dean Kirk O. Hanson Paula Kravitz Rotman School of Management Executive Director Marketing Director University of Toronto Markkula Center for Brittany Boettcher Linda Laird Applied Ethics Administrative Assistant Sally Osberg Executive Assistant President and CEO Peter Hero Jason Clark Pamela Lawrence Skoll Foundation Adviser Web Manager, Social Edge Program Coordinator Silicon Valley Community Foundation Phil Collis Rob Lenahan Creative Manager/Web Accounting Manager

Kelly Creeden Wendy Marzetta Marketing Program Manager Assistant to the President

Daniel Crisafulli Bridget McNamer Senior Program Officer Program Officer

Victor d’Allant Ruth Norris Executive Director, Senior Program Officer Social Edge Avon Swofford Ed Diener Program Officer Counsel Tina Tan-Zane Johnny Falla Marketing Assistant Associate Program Officer Cristina Yoon Jill Finlayson Grants Administrator Web Marketing Manager, Social Edge SKOLL FOUNDATION

52 Cover Kashf Foundation, India Page 1 Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED), Zimbabwe/Courtesy of Mark Read Page 2 YouthBuild USA/Courtesy of Ellen Zaslaw Photo Credits Page 3 YouthBuild USA/Courtesy of Ellen Zaslaw Page 4 On location in Zambia with CAMFED/Mitch Wilson for the Skoll Foundation Page 5 On location in Zambia with CAMFED/Mitch Wilson for the Skoll Foundation Page 6 Marine Stewardship Council, Alaska/Courtesy of Rupert Howes, MSC Page 7 Marine Stewardship Council, United Kingdom/Courtesy of A. Aitchison Page 8 Jeff Skoll at Free the Children, Kenya Page 9 Mr. Tembo, District Education Officer for Samfya and CAMFED board member with Sally Osberg at CAMFED, Zambia Page 12 On location in Cambodia/Mitch Wilson for the Skoll Foundation Page 14 On location in Cambodia/Mitch Wilson for the Skoll Foundation Page 15 (Top) Free the Children, Africa Page 15 (Middle) Vicky Colbert and President Bill Clinton at the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative/Courtesy of Jim Fruchterman Page 15 (Bottom) Muhammad Yunus at the 2007 Skoll World Forum/Courtesy of Greg Smolonski Page 16 Kashf Foundation, India Page 19 Friends-International, Cambodia Page 20 Sebastien Marot, Friends-International/Michael Collopy for the Skoll Foundation Page 21 (Top) Friends-International, Cambodia Page 21 (Bottom) Friends-International, Cambodia Page 23 Gram Vikas, India Page 24 Joe Madiath, Gram Vikas/Michael Collopy for the Skoll Foundation Page 25 (Top) Gram Vikas, India Page 25 (Bottom) Gram Vikas, India Page 27 Global Footprint Network, Italy Page 28 Mathis Wackernagel and Susan Burns, Global Footprint Network/Michael Collopy for the Skoll Foundation Page 29 (Top) Global Footprint Network, Italy Page 29 (Bottom) Global Footprint Network, Italy Page 31 President Jimmy Carter of The Carter Center/Courtesy of Thomas England Page 32 Jimmy Carter, The Carter Center/Michael Collopy for the Skoll Foundation Page 33 (Top) President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter of The Carter Center/Courtesy of Deborah Hakes Page 33 (Bottom) President Jimmy Carter, The Carter Center Page 35 Verité, China Page 36 Dan Viederman, Verité/Michael Collopy for the Skoll Foundation Page 37 (Top) Verité, China Page 37 (Bottom) Verité, China Page 39 Escuela Nueva Foundation, Colombia Page 40 Vicky Colbert, Escuela Nueva Foundation/Michael Collopy for the Skoll Foundation Page 41 (Top) Escuela Nueva Foundation, Colombia Page 41 (Bottom) Escuela Nueva Foundation, Colombia Page 43 Gram Vikas, India Page 44 YouthBuild USA/Courtesy of Ellen Zaslaw Page 45 Gram Vikas, India Page 46 Escuela Nueva Foundation, Colombia Page 47 Friends-International, Cambodia Page 48 On location in Cambodia/Mitch Wilson for the Skoll Foundation

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