A seed fund to support the mission of public welfare innovation
Faye Lo
Founder / Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Ms. Faye Lo is a visionary in philanthropy, dedicated to transforming lives through environmental protection, children’s education, and poverty alleviation. During the 2020 pandemic, Ms. Faye Lo exemplified global leadership by organizing a donation drive for relief supplies at the National University of Singapore, mobilizing a vast network to support eighty hospitals worldwide.
In 2016, Ms. Faye Lo’s creative approach led her to initiate a poverty alleviation project in Sichuan’s Daliang Mountains with investigative journalist Chen Jie. This initiative captured public attention and spurred significant government and societal action, demonstrating the power of innovative philanthropy to incite broad-scale change. Starting with an initial seed fund of 50,000 yuan for visits, inspections, and reporting, she leveraged over 700 million yuan in social and government resources. This enabled the construction of cliff villages and steel ladders in Daliangshan, as well as road construction, fiber optic installation, and network improvements within the vicinity of over ten schools. It also attracted significant attention and resources from numerous charitable organizations. This became the most influential charity project of 2017 in Tencent’s philanthropy rankings. By founding the Sky3 Seed Foundation in 2013, Ms. Faye Lo nurtured 52 charitable projects, showcasing her exceptional ability to foster growth and innovation in philanthropy.
Her journey began in 2010 with the pioneering co-foundation of the Maitian Education Foundation, China’s first legally registered charity by a grassroots organization, setting a precedent for impactful philanthropic work. She completed the Executive Master of Philanthropy programme jointly run by the China Philanthropy Research Institute of Beijing Normal University and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy in 2015. And, she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Executive Leaders in Philanthropy at the Harvard Kennedy School in 2017
Wang Jingbing
Secretary general
Wang jingbing, who received her doctorate in biological engineering from Oxford University and university of petroleum in 2011, worked in the post-doctoral work station of tsinghua university from 2011 to 2013. In 2005, as a member of the first management team，she was responsible for the project management. In 2007, she was a volunteer teacher in the town of chishurchak, altay, xinjiang, and established the altay branch of the Maitian Program. After successful registration in 2010, served as deputy secretary-general of the Maitian Education Foundation. During the period, she participated in and dominated the transformation work of Maitian Education Foundation, designed and developed the core project, such as rainbow pocket, etc. She supported project sponsors to build up impactful philanthropy programs from 2014 as Sky3 Seed Foundation secretary general.
Sheng Li
Consultant
Ms. Sheng Li is a specialist in the field of financial risk management. She has awarded the certified financial risk manager granted by U.S. Global Association of Risk Professionals and the chartered financial analyst (CFA) certificate granted by U.S. CFA. Ms. Sheng Li has rich experience in the aspects of risk management technology, governance, inner control system construction, system implementation, etc. in financial cross-asset field. Since 2014, she has held the post of chief risk officer in the domestic famous private equity-GOPHER. During the period of 2002 to 2014, she had successively taken charge of investment risk and compliance internal control management in China Pacific Insurance and its subordinated assets management company. She was graduated from the Finance Major under Shanghai University of Finance and Economics with master’s degree in 2002. She is personally enthusiasm for the charity and public welfare activities. In the beginning of 2015, she joined in the Sky3 Seed Foundation. She always embrace the concept of public welfare & charity. At present, she has become one of the core members of the foundation.