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 What Grantees Want (Live at Segal Family Foundation’s 2019 AGM)
A conversation with grantee partners recorded live at our 2019 Annual General Meeting for the What Donors Want podcast.
Read Rwandan startups tipped on innovation
An article by The New Times about the launch of our Social Impact Incubator in Rwanda.
Read Balancing Power Dynamics in Philanthropy
A reflection about a conversation held at the 2019 Skoll World Forum between the Segal Family Foundation ED, one of our grantee partners, and Atti Worku of the African Visionary Fund.
Read Local entrepreneurs on funding access: ‘The system is broken’
Segal Family Foundation is mentioned in this (free) Devex article arising from a conversation at the 2019 Skoll World Forum.
Read How funders are fighting philanthropy that is ‘top down, closed door, expert driven’
A free Devex article in which Segal Family Foundation is mentioned, among peers, for funding locally-led organizations.
Read 2018 Annual Report
Attend a giant festival in a refugee camp, meet Michelle Obama: our 2018 Annual Report tells the story of how visionary leaders were empowered to drive change.
Read Three Ways to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy
This Stanford Social Innovation Review piece references Segal Family Foundation’s efforts to counter injustices in philanthropy.
Read What Donors Want podcast: Andy Bryant, Segal Family Foundation
Recorded live with a studio audience in London, this episode features a chat with Andy Bryant, executive director of the Segal Family Foundation.
Read Four Lessons From An Accidental Philanthropist On Running An Impactful Foundation
Segal Family Foundation board chair Martin Segal shares his insights from the past decade.
Read The State of Global Giving by U.S. Foundations: 2011-2015
We are #4 among top funders in Sub-Saharan Africa (by number of grants) on page 30 of this report compiled by the Foundation Center and Council on Foundations.
Read 2018 Grantee Perception Report
In 2018, the Center for Effective Philanthropy conducted a confidential survey with all of our partners and compared us with more than 250 other funders over the past five years.
Read 2017 Annual Report
2017 marked 10 years since our founder Barry Segal went on his first trip to Africa. Segal Family Foundation has grown tremendously in the past decade and Barry's observations still shape our work.