The Skillman Foundation | Annual Report 2023 - 2

Annual Report 2023 – 2

by: | Jul. 3rd, 2024

A collage that includes a young boy using a workbook, an adult and child holding a plant together, pink flowers, and text that reads "Bringing Our Strategy to Life."

A collage of images including a student writing in a notebook, a pink flower, lush leaves, and text that reads "Our Mission: We partner with people to transform the education system, nurturing the brilliance and power of Detroit youth."

A collage including an images of a youth girl playing baseball, abstract shapes made of colorful graph paper and text that reads "Four aims guide our efforts."

A collage including a heart shape made of colorful graph paper and text that reads "Aim 1: Expand education organizing power. We support Detroit youth, educators, parents, and community members to grow their individual and collective power to define, design, and influence education policy and systems change."

A collage including abstract shapes made of colorful graph paper and text that reads "Aim 2: Advocate for education policymaking to center the insights and outcomes of Detroit youth. We're working to ensure education policy in Michigan is informed by and responsive to the needs and aspirations of Detroit youth and their advocates."

A collage including abstract shapes made of colorful graph paper and text that reads "Aim 3: Build common ground for education systems change. We seek to bridge people, perspectives, and ideas toward a shared vision for an education system that opens pathways to opportunity for all students."

A collage including abstract shapes made of colorful graph paper and text that reads "Aim 4: Be an accountable and racially equitable grantmaker. We design and promote grantmaking practices that center community input and racial equity."

skillmanfoundation The Skillman Foundation has a new strategy: People Powered Education.

It will take people in different positions — students, educators, grassroots organizers, system leaders, and policy movers — to design an exceptional and equitable education system that works for every young person. We are linking arms with and across all.

Communities and policymakers need structures that enable them to diagnose, design, and implement education policies to reshape the education system. Through our People Powered Education strategy, we’ll put our dollars and our efforts toward strengthening this ecosystem.

What exactly will The Skillman Foundation do and to what end? Read here for a big-picture overview of our aims.

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Annual Report 2023 – 2