by Sylvia K. Ilahuka, Writer & Editor With safeguarding becoming an increasingly prominent conversation in international development and 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. Wherever resources or opportunities change hands, there’s…

by Sylvia K. Ilahuka, Writer & Editor For the longest time, mental health has been regarded as secondary to physical health. The acknowledgment of the extent to which psychological challenges are a vital component of holistic wellbeing is a relatively recent concept. As of 2019, 1 in every 8 people…

by Sylvia K. Ilahuka, Writer & Editor What is small, mighty, and serves up a secret sauce that is unique in the philanthropy world? The answer is Segal Family Foundation, of course. A main ingredient of this secret sauce is what we call Active Partnership: on an ongoing basis, from…

This is the final section of our three-part series sharing our organizational response to the COVID-19 pandemic. …

This is the second installment of our COVID learnings report — a much larger write-up that we are sharing with you in bite-sized pieces. There will be a third and final excerpt posted on our Medium in the coming weeks; stay tuned! …

In 2020 and 2021, Segal Family Foundation collectively awarded 203 grants totaling $3.7 million for diverse COVID response efforts across Sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, we were able to facilitate $29 million in additional funding to our partners by maintaining close working partnerships with peer-funders throughout this period. …

by Sylvia K. Ilahuka, Writer & Editor It ain’t easy giving away all this money — but we’re doing it! And doing it so well that the Council on Foundations’ 2022 The State of Global Giving report lists us, Segal Family Foundation, as the second largest U.S. grantmaker in Sub-Saharan…

by Gladys Onyango, Carolyne Musyoka, and Shermin Moledina In the wake of scandals involving abuse and exploitation by aid workers, numerous development and humanitarian agencies have made safeguarding pledges. In these pledges they have committed to taking active measures to ensure that those reached and impacted by their programs are…

As Director of Partnerships, Cher-Wen DeWitt worked to build an equitable community of funders committed to more impactful, community-centric philanthropy. As she wraps up her chapter at Segal Family Foundation, she sat down with SFF’s Executive Director, Andy Bryant, to reflect on lessons learned during this three-year journey. In your…