This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Isidoro Hazbun, with the Amazon Conservation Team, talks with Skoll about supporting remote communities with limited resources across the Amazon during coronavirus. • How does this reflect the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jim Giles, writing for GreenBiz, discusses discrimination in the food system and how systemic disparities in the food chain are severely impacting communities of color. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Finally, we are having the difficult, candid conversations about racism in America, but why is murder the forcing function? The unjust killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Protests around the world are highlighting the worth of urban parks and public spaces for civic engagement. However, city budgets are in danger of being cut,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Catherine Crystal Foster, writing for Medium, discusses how this moment can bring about positive change if we can share resources, listen to each other, and donate thoughtfully. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kathleen Enright, writing for Council on Foundations, discusses how philanthropy should work to fix a broken system that alienates people of color and disproportionately strikes these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is, of course, no silver bullet for eradicating racism. But in the spirit of thinking globally while daring to act within the realm of things we can control, foundations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Angela Glover Blackwell shares her insights into the diverse activists working to engage the political process and how this can lead to a robust and authentic civil…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define equity and how much emphasis do you place on advancing equity within your organization and through the grants that you make? How diverse is your board…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thirteen years ago, I was part of a group that formed New Generation of African American Philanthropists (NGAAP-Charlotte), a giving circle based in Charlotte, North Carolina. My peers and I, after months…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are five books that shed light on racial justice issues and build greater understanding of structural racism in America. • How can donors share and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gentrification is infuriating and, for the communities and cities we love, heartbreaking. The gentrification of cities involves affluent white people moving in, sometimes because they are attracted to the culture,…