News
December 4, 2025
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By Jenny Montoya Tansey, Program Lead, Just Democracy, Skyline Foundation. First Amendment protections and the values they represent are fundamental to our democracy, with expansive implications across society. Today, we face multiple threats to free expression, so Skyline has expanded on its longstanding investments in free speech. The breadth and complexity of this issue demands a multifaceted funding strategy, focused not just on the legal struggles but the larger cultural battle as well. Congress shall make …
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September 8, 2025
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We heard what grantees told us in our 2023 Center for Effective Philanthropy survey: Skyline needs to do a more effective job at clear communication with our grantees and potential grantees. We appreciate the feedback, and we got started immediately on meeting the commitments we made in last year’s follow-up report. Open, honest, and transparent communication is a core principle of trust-based philanthropy and supports relationships rooted in trust and mutual accountability. Communication with grantees …
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August 7, 2025
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By Tanya Taiwo, Program Lead for Birth Justice, Skyline Foundation. Progress in public health requires a comprehensive and accurate understanding of outcomes and how people are faring. That’s how we know practices are working, or not working—and what policies we need to support the practices that are. Data in the field of perinatal health can be a game changer in advancing birth justice—but in today’s political environment, we appear to be heading in the opposite …
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December 19, 2024
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Skyline Foundation seeks to partner with our grantees, incorporating their feedback to inform our approach and better support them. In response to feedback we received through the CEP Grantee Perception Report, we hosted two virtual sessions in the fall of 2024 to gather input on how we can better support our grantee partners beyond the monetary support we provide. These were thoughtful and rich discussions, so thanks again to all who took the time to …
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October 29, 2024
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In what may have seemed surprising a few years ago, Press Forward, a national coalition of funders of which Skyline is a member, has prioritized public policy as a key part of its work to reinvigorate local news nationwide. Today, we’re sharing a set of principles that will guide Press Forward’s work to advance public financing ideas that provide long-term revenue sources to newsrooms while protecting press independence. Learn more about our approach in this …
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August 7, 2024
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For more than 20 years, Skyline Foundation has been committed to supporting the leadership of our grantee partners by respecting their expertise and vision. Over that time, we have learned from them how to better support the communities we fund. Last fall, we worked with the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) to field our first Grantee Perception Report, providing a new opportunity for grantee partners to offer us candid, anonymous feedback. We received 87 responses …
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August 5, 2024
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In this profile about the foundation, Inside Philanthropy highlights Skyline’s commitment to trust-based philanthropy, emphasizing relationships and flexibility in our giving practices. The foundation’s approach reflects the belief that unrestricted, multi-year support can empower grantees to change systems and that effectiveness as a funder is based on effectively supporting grantee partners. Read the full profile…
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