Skoll Foundation
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The Skoll Foundation is a private foundation based in Palo Alto, California.[3] The foundation makes grants and investments intended to reduce global poverty. Jeffrey Skoll created the foundation in 1999.[4]
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Formation | 1999 |
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Type | Private foundation and Supporting organization |
Headquarters | Palo Alto, CA, United States |
Donald Gips | |
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Disbursements | $56,000,000 |
Expenses (2018) | $17,329,423[2] |
Endowment (2018) | $1,127,000,000 |
Website | www |
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The total assets of the foundation (including its affiliated funds) are $1.127 billion as of the end of 2018.[5] The combined entities made grants totaling about $71 million in 2018 (and disbursements of $56M), based on unaudited numbers reported by the foundation.[5] According to the most recent audited financial statements,[2] the non-grant expenses for the foundation totaled around $17M in 2018.