Skoll Foundation
The Skoll Foundation is a private foundation founded in 1999 by Jeff Skoll that invests in, connects, and champions social entrepreneurs and other social innovators working to address pressing global problems. It provides grants and funding primarily in areas such as climate action, global public health, economic opportunity, Indigenous rights, and systems change.www.skoll.org
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Oct 26, 2026
Tom FryGUEST
Some of the names here, I apologize for the small print, but they're names that actually Georgia mentioned earlier.
Tom FryGUEST
New Profit, Omidyar, Acumen Funds, Skoll, Ashoka.
Tom FryGUEST
These are organizations that are kind of in our universe.
Tom FryGUEST
When we say, you know, venture philanthropy and what makes us kind of different a little bit from traditional foundations, these are people that are high touch.
Robert RubinsteinHOST
He said it didn't make sense.
Robert RubinsteinHOST
Would that be a person, if you prefer not to answer because you have bad experience and it's okay, would that be a person to approach for this type of project? Because he also has Skoll Foundation and other activity, but he's experienced in film.
Robert RubinsteinHOST
Or you prefer having people who have no experience in film because they want to move you out of the driver's seat and drive the car.
Rosser GoodmanGUEST
I mean, I feel like the really big donors don't really need this opportunity because they can be approached by studios and, you know, big filmmakers that can partner with them.
Ineza MutimuraGUEST
The first dinner we hosted, which is really how we started...
Ineza MutimuraGUEST
I spoke to the then COO of the Skoll Foundation, who is now the CEO.
Ineza MutimuraGUEST
Her name is Marla Blow, and she's one of my co-founders.
Ineza MutimuraGUEST
I was on a hike with her, and I told her, I really want to gather founders of African descent.
Ineza MutimuraGUEST
She's like, you know enough to go ahead and do it, and I'm going to support you.
Ineza MutimuraGUEST
And she has supported me every step of the way.
Ineza MutimuraGUEST
The Skoll Foundation has been a huge supporter of ROAD.
Ineza MutimuraGUEST
And then we had this dinner.