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 Unrestricted Funding, Unlimited Advantages
Despite a growing number of funders making a case for flexible, unrestricted funding, the trend has been slow to catch on in Africa, where most funding available to nonprofits is still majorly limited to specific projects or programs.
Read Becoming Our Partners’ Best Partner
We were proud to hear from the 2023 Grantee Perception Report that, because of their relationship with us, our partners are able to raise more money, collaborate with peer organizations, and learn from each other.
Read The Donor Salon, Rethinking How to Catalyze Change
Within the philanthropy sector, there is an abundance of resources offered to doers, and it’s seldom thought that donors might need the same.
Read Back, But We Never Left: AGM Returns with a Bang
The city of Kigali saw over 600 people convene in the name of transforming how change happens in Africa, representing organizations from all parts of the philanthropy universe.
Read Literacy as Localization
Books serve as a portal to the world, but when that world is overwhelmingly foreign to the reader, then it can be difficult to relate to the content.
Read Beyond Compliance: Towards a Reflective & Collaborative Approach to Championing Safeguarding in Global Philanthropy
The question is now no longer whether to implement safeguarding but rather how to do so in a way that’s meaningful for everyone involved.
Read Dear Donors, Put Your Money Where The Mind Is
Traditional approaches to mental health needs are often confined within Western biomedical systems, rendering them unaffordable or low in quality given the obstacles African countries face.
Read Shiny Bits & Struggles Too: AVF Learning Visit to Malawi
There is a hunger among the leaders of local African organizations for connection with one another.
Read Our Newest Rockstars
We are hereby proud to introduce the 2023 cohort of African Visionary Fellows!
Read Moving at the Speed of Trust
When COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, turning to our core values enabled us to overcome our initial paralysis. We realized that rather than slowing down for the sake of perfection, this was time to act with urgency in ways that felt right.
Read Though We Be But Small, We Are Mighty
The Council on Foundations’ 2022 The State of Global Giving report lists Segal Family Foundation as the second largest U.S. grantmaker in Sub-Saharan Africa by number of grants given.
Read Walking the Talk: 6 Key Lessons from Our Safeguarding Journey
We want to support our grantee partners to implement safe, quality programs in which the clients and communities they are serving are protected and treated with dignity.