This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • CityLab’s Laura Bliss details the “People’s Budget,” a movement in Los Angeles aimed at dramatically relocating police funds to public health and community services. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The head of infectious diseases at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo answers key questions about how to protest safely…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • America could learn from other countries that are utilizing successful strategies for social distancing and reopening during COVID-19. • What are the outcomes for America if…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research shows that when states require insurance companies to provide coverage of infertility treatments, there is a decrease in maternal mortality rates. • There are many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are three actionable steps that you can take to give back during the COVID-19 pandemic and help connect people to resources. • Are these opportunities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Structural and historical inequities make it difficult for Native American communities to respond sufficiently to COVID-19. Despite these barriers, communities have been able to take decisive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to new research from the University of Louisville (detailed via Children & Nature Network), individuals living in neighborhoods with more green areas are less likely to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joe McCarthy and Olivia Kestin explain how current coronavirus prevention efforts imitate and improve upon lessons learned from the past century. • Why should we focus on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Philanthropy Daily, Martin Morse Wooster examines coronavirus’ impact on lean philanthropy and how it might alter grantmaking in the future. • What is lean philanthropy…
The mental health crisis triggered by COVID-19 is escalating rapidly. One example: When compared to a 2018 survey, U.S. adults are now eight times more likely to meet the criteria…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vulnerable populations, including immunocompromised and the elderly, need our support right now, and local government leaders should also respond to the needs of these populations. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although animal welfare funding from foundations grew from $41 million in 2000 to approximately $160 million in 2017, the environment/animals program area receives the smallest share of U.S. philanthropic dollars,…