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Skoll Foundation Press Releases

03.27.08 Press Release: PBS and the PBS Foundation Announce Winners of Social Entrepreneurship Grant from the Skoll Foundation

03.11.08 Press Release: Skoll Foundation Adds Eleven Pioneering Organizations to its Global Portfolio of Leading Social Entrepreneurs

01.08.08 Press Release: Public Radio International partners with Skoll Foundation to expand coverage of social entrepreneurship across platforms

09.25.07 Press Release: Sundance Institute Launches Documentary Partnership With Skoll Foundation

08.23.07 Press Release: Skoll Foundation Implements Changes To Social Entrepreneurship Awards Program

06.19.07 Press Release: Skoll Foundation Announces Seven New Appointments

05.17.07 Press Release: Skoll Foundation Receives Awards for Outstanding Communications

03.14.07 Press Release: Ten Innovative Social Entrepreneurs Receive Million-Dollar Awards from the Skoll Foundation

12.12.06 Press Release: Skoll Foundation Launches $1.5 Million Partnership with Venture Philanthropy Acumen Fund

10.25.06 Press Release: The Skoll Foundation and Give2Asia Enter Strategic Partnership

09.20.06 Press Release: PBS Foundation and Skoll Foundation Establish Fund to Produce Unique Programming About Social Entrepreneurship

08.10.06 Press Release: Skoll Foundation Awards $8.95 Million to Advance Social Entrepreneurship

08.03.06 Press Release: Skoll Foundation Announces Three New Appointments

06.20.06 Skoll Foundation Appoints Lance Henderson Vice President, Program and Impact

03.22.06 Skoll Foundation and Ashoka Enhance Partnership to Advance Social Entrepreneurship Around the World

03.21.06 Skoll Foundation Wins Award for Outstanding Communications

03.21.06 Skoll Foundation Launches $1 Million Partnership With Leading Think Tank, SustainAbility Ltd.

03.14.06 Skoll Foundation Awards $16 Million to Nonprofits Around the World In Support of Social Entrepreneurship

12.21.05 Registration Begins for 2006 Skoll World Forum

12.01.05 Social Edge and Santa Clara University Partner to Select 10 Candidates Who Will Attend the Summer 2006 Session of the Global Social Business Incubator for Free

10.05.05 Skoll Foundation Announces Two New Appointments: Laura Vais and Ed Diener

09.01.05 Skoll Foundation Appoints Victor d'Allant to Lead Social Edge

06.13.05 Skoll Foundation Launches National Grassroots Philanthropy Campaign in Conjunction with PBS Series

06.01.05 Skoll Foundation's House Party Campaign Is Designed to Ignite Action

05.17.05 The New Heroes: Four-hour Series Travels the Globe (OPB Press Release)

04.05.05 Gandhi Project to Launch in the Palestinian Territories Tomorrow

03.28.05 Hollywood, Business and University Leaders Converge With Social Entrepreneurs at Oxford University

03.17.05 Skoll Foundation Awards $9.5 Million To Nonprofits Around The World In Support Of Social Entrepreneurship

03.03.05 Social Edge Gives Inside Look at Global Philanthropy Forum

03.02.05 Skoll Foundation Wins Communications Awards

01.27.05 Skoll Foundation Increases Support to Grantees in Response to Tsunami

12.09.04 Skoll Foundation Awards $3 Million to Silicon Valley Organizations

12.07.04 Skoll Foundation Announces New Board Members

08.08.04 Skoll Foundation Announces Six New Appointments

06.21.04 Skoll Posts Guidelines for SASE Awards

06.21.04 Saïd Business School announces new Skoll Director

05.19.04 Skoll Posts Guidelines for Silicon Valley Awards

04.08.04 Oregon Public Broadcasting Announces Major Gift from the Skoll Foundation to Produce National Documentary Series: The New Heroes

02.22.04 Katalysis Partners Convene in Silicon Valley: An Exploration of the Future of 'Bootstrap Banking'

02.10.04 New Skoll Centre at Oxford to Host First Global Forum on Social Entrepreneurship

01.21.04 Skoll Foundation Announces Three New Appointments

12.18.03 Skoll Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Silicon Valley Organizations

12.18.03 FAQ - The Skoll Awards for Innovation in Silicon Valley

11.19.03 Skoll Foundation Funds Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University

11.19.03 Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship Fact Sheet

10.17.03 Skoll Foundation Announces Two New Appointments

10.09.03 Skoll Foundation Asset Base Climbs to $300 Million

10.29.02 Skoll Releases Results of Online Community Survey

08.20.02 Jeff Skoll Recognized as 2002 Outstanding Philanthropist

07.25.02 Skoll Foundation Invests in 16 New Partnerships

05.10.02 Skoll donates $20 million to foundation at CFSV

05.01.02 Skoll Appoints Director of Strategy and Programs

04.11.02 Community Foundation Silicon Valley Named 2002 Outstanding Foundation

04.02.02 Silicon Valley Urgency Fund Grants Help Close the Funding Gap for Local Agencies Serving Region's Neediest Residents

01.15.02 The Silicon Valley Urgency Fund at the Community Foundation Silicon Valley

12.17.01 Silicon Valley Urgency Fund Awards $2 Million to Safety Net Agencies

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