This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Congress in March authorized $19.5 billion in aid for cities and towns with fewer than 50,000 residents … Lawmakers wanted to help every town cover the cost of fighting a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits are tackling humanity’s most complex problems — but without the fundamental infrastructure afforded our private sector counterparts. There is an old saying about Ginger Rogers: She did everything Fred…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you know the animals in your neighborhood but not the plants, you’re not alone. Scientists have documented nearly 400,000 plant species and expect to identify many more. But unlike…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in the United States have hurt not only the people who experience the disparities but have hurt all Americans by depressing U.S. economic output by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s understandable to come out of 20 years of funding cycles with a new perspective on grantmaking. For one Portland-based organization, these shifts in perspective have driven consistent and drastic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Leadership within the social sector today is as challenging as ever. As a generation of long-tenured executives steadily matriculate out of institutional leadership roles, staff, boards and representatives from all…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Brevity and Wit, author Minal Bopaiah’s strategy and design firm, could also be a good description of the way in which Bopaiah addresses the complicated concepts in her book, Equity: How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even as the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the world, the number of people forcibly displaced in 2020 reached the highest level ever recorded as ongoing and new conflicts forced people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Letting the ethical theory of utilitarianism guide our responses to greenhouse gas emissions would lead to better outcomes for human development, equity, and the climate, say researchers. The study, published…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All children deserve to be protected from harm. The health of our children is only possible when each and every one is protected. And yet, far too many children and…
Giving Compass’ Take: • National Center for Family Philanthropy provides a guide for foundations to build the impact investing strategy that works for them. • How could impact investing fit into your…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Federal Reserve’s so-called dual mandate to maintain overall price stability and maximum sustainable growth in U.S. employment is always on the minds of the U.S. central bank’s Federal Open…