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Our role is to orient donors to an issue or approach: inform them about why it’s important, where they can learn more, how they can connect with others, and how they can take action. Please review our 4 Impact-Driven Philanthropy Tenets:

• Equity:  Ensuring resources and power are fairly redistributed so all humans experience dignity and opportunity.
• Effectiveness:  Drawing on evidence, collecting feedback, and evaluating progress using quantitative and qualitative data.
• Systems Change:  Addressing institutional, systemic, and structural root causes to eliminate inequities in social outcomes.
• Transparency:  Centering beneficiaries in the co-creation of solutions, ensuring integrity and accountability in processes and relationships.

Your contribution should do one or more of the following:

• Orient donors to an issue with specific, actionable advice
• Be data-driven – must cite sources, include links
• Connect readers with leaders related to an issue
• Serve as in-depth exploration of a news story
• Profile an impactful organization or person
• Provide peer-to-peer perspective (what other philanthropists recommend)

Article length: 500-800 words Article structure:

• • Introduction to an issue/problem
  • Information on potential solutions, current efforts, etc.
  • Action items for donors
  • Link to organizations
  • NOTE: We are unable to publish content related to specific political candidates.

  Article Format example: https://givingcompass.org/article/why-do-we-keep-sending-kids-to-prison/ https://givingcompass.org/partners/ajp/without-local-news-our-communities-are-at-risk https://givingcompass.org/article/fighting-for-environmental-justice-in-nycs-affordable-housing-developments/