Treasure Chest
We share insights from our work with 300+ grantee partners and from the expertise of our locally-based grantmaking teams and advisors.
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Read Community Across Countries: An(other) AVF Learning Visit
“When local leaders learn together, we move faster, smarter, and stronger—and our communities feel the difference.” A group of African Visionary Fellows recently took a trip to learn from sector peers.
Read From Africa, to New York City, to the World!
Spotlight Africa's warm energy stood out in contrast to the drab concrete and overcast mood outside; each day came alive as connections were made, ideas exchanged, and encouragement shared.
Read Awake All Night with Joy: The 2025 Segal Awards
Can't sleep? Neither can we because we're so excited for you to meet our 2025 Awardees!
Read East to West, SII Is Best!
Our Social Impact Incubator is back! This unique model is built for times—like now—when the status quo doesn’t suit the passionate and progressive local leaders around us.
Read Trusting Local Leadership: A Funder Builds Relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa
This Fund for Shared Insight case study looks at Segal Family Foundation's focus on locally-led development. SFF's responsive grantmaking has been shaped by listening to and learning from proximate leaders.
Read Inside Segal Family Foundation’s trust-based giving strategy in Africa
Director of Programs Patricia Malila Pinheiro shares Segal's grantmaking priorities and partner insights in this Devex Pro Funding live conversation.
Read Big bets: Large, unrestricted, multi-year funding
Communications officer Sylvia Ilahuka participates in this Alliance webinar, exploring the opportunities and challenges of unrestricted funding and sharing insights on what it takes to get it right.
Read The Authors Among Us
We have quite a number of authors in our ranks; find out which Segal grantee partners have titles to their names.
Read Escaping Groundhog Day
USAID’s dismantling isn’t the apocalypse: it’s Groundhog Day in a cycle of global funding dips and panic among civil society organizations. Localization is the route to breaking free, write Segal team members in this Alliance magazine feature.
Read Not Bigger, Just Better: Segal Connect 2025
The second iteration of Segal Connect took place in the Tanzanian coastal city of Dar es Salaam – and it was awesome.
Read Barry Aaron Segal, 1935-2025
A great tree has fallen in the forest of philanthropy: Barry Segal, founder of Segal Philanthropies, has passed away.
Read Same DNA, Different Flavors: Introducing Focus Central America
There are 300 people in at a conference center talking about the importance of local leadership in philanthropy. It sounds like a typical Segal Family Foundation gathering—but everyone is speaking Spanish, and the hotel is in Panamá.