This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Russell Berman discusses the consequences of extended government shutdowns including dire outcomes for the Federal government, our park and museum systems, and public health. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Bill Keller at The Marshall Project talks with journalist Alex Berenson about his views regarding cannabis and how it is related to mental illness and violent crimes. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As part of a series highlighting critical findings in the field of women’s empowerment, GlobalGiving shares the work of the Kupona Foundation. The organization builds impactful…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Grantmakers in Health explains how foundations can maximize their impact on the health care system by building capacity across sectors in the system to better leverage their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jacqueline H. Wolf discusses the history of breastfeeding in the United States and how social structures limit women’s choices. • How can funders help women access the option…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Health system executives share their predictions for what’s on the horizon for healthcare in 2019. • Which of these predictions is likely to come to fruition?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michele Sullivan explains how the Caterpillar Foundation works to prioritize healthy rivers around the world to improve community health and boost economic development. • How can other funders learn…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Victoria Milanzi, Media Monitor, Malawi Institute of Journalism under UNICEF, interviews Jess Jacobs, Maverick Collective Member about how philanthropy can help encourage young women to make choices about their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Wellcome shares their philanthropic strategy for addressing the ongoing Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. • How can other organizations work to bolster these efforts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joel Michael Reynolds, writing for The Conversation, lists three reasons based on ethical grounds of why vaccinations are necessary for the public. • How can health funders help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to researchers, exposure to wildfire smoke early in life seems to alter the way human lungs grow. FiveThirtyEight reports on the latest science. • Should funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • FiveThirtyEight reports on a recent analysis from epidemiologists that took what we know about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in NFL players who died and attempted to…