Top Social Venture Capital Firms San Francisco Bay Area – 5 – Skoll Foundation
Top Social Venture Capital Firms San Francisco Bay Area – 5 – Skoll Foundation
SKOLL FOUNDATION
250 University Ave
Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA
t: 650 331 1031
f: 650 331 1033
Skoll Foundation: Venture Philanthropy Organization (non-profit that invest using a VC strategy)
The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and innovators who help them solve the world’s most pressing problems.
OUR VALUES
The following core values inform our mission; guide our actions; and undergird our culture:
Leverage: We seek leverage to achieve “a whole lot of good” from our investment of time and resources.
Respect: We respect the individual and the power of community.
Responsibility: Individually and collectively, we embrace a profound sense of responsibility.
Tough-Minded Optimism: We are disciplined, rigorous, and hopeful.
Innovation: Inspired by the social entrepreneurs we serve, we challenge ourselves to innovate as well.
OUR STORY
Jeff Skoll created the Skoll Foundation in 1999 to pursue his vision of a sustainable world of peace and prosperity.
Led by CEO Sally Osberg from 2001 to 2018, and now led by Donald H. Gips, our mission is to drive truly transformative change—equilibrium change—by supporting the social entrepreneurs who recognize the systems in need of change and then advance social progress by developing powerful models for change that disrupt a suboptimal status quo and transform our world for the better.
By identifying the people and programs already bringing positive change around the world, we empower them to extend their reach, deepen their impact, and fundamentally improve society on a local to global scale. Since 1999, the Skoll Foundation has led the charge for social entrepreneurship, buoyed by the knowledge that social entrepreneurs are the world’s best bet for solving some of world’s thorniest problems.
The Skoll Foundation has invested approximately $470 million worldwide, including the Skoll Award to 135 social entrepreneurs and 111 organizations on five continents.
