Angela Filo

Angela Filo is the co-founder of Skyline Foundation, a family foundation that funds local, national and global organizations addressing problems at their roots and shifting systems toward a more equitable and just future. Skyline works in four program areas: climate solutions, just democracy, equity in education and birth justice. The foundation seeks to create lasting partnerships with grantees that align with the principles of trust-based philanthropy and the time horizon needed to create and sustain change.

Filo is a member of the advisory board of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and is a former board member of the Student Press Law Center. She is a trustee for Stanford University, where she also serves on the advisory boards of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and the Haas Center for Public Service. She was co-chair of the American Civil Liberties Union’s national Centennial Campaign. Earlier in her career, Filo taught high school journalism and photography, exhibited her photography projects, created public artworks and worked for publishing and nonprofit organizations. She holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford and a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley.