This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The team at Grist report on the Navajo Equitable Economy initiative, a plan for the future of clean water and water rights, transition assistance from utilities, renewable electricity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Anna J. Egalite explains how family background and history influence the successes and achievements of students, creating an uneven playing field in schools. · How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Echoing Green and Bridgespan collaborated to research the depth of racial inequities in philanthropic funding. Based on what we see in our work as intermediaries in the sector, two of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Echoing Green and The Bridgespan Group teamed up to research and address the significant barriers for leaders of color facing racial bias in philanthropic funding. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In Dear Ijeawele, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explores the pernicious and pervasive problems of sexism and racism around the world. • How can donors help to usher in equality? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Northwestern University urban politics professor Sally Afia Nuamah discusses school closures due to COVID-19 and their impact on Black and Latino families that have already experienced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bridgespan prides itself on being an impact-driven organization. We launched 20 years ago with a vision of how we might help make the world a better place. Hundreds of people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Seattle Foundation has been on the lookout for more opportunities to support new investment tools that help people who have been locked out of traditional capital by investing in lenders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to Shawna De La Rosa at Education Dive, Hispanic students have interest in STEM but remain chronically underrepresented. • How do stereotypes propagate unequal representation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Shawn Ginwright and Sai Seigel offer three actions for organizations to cultivate durable solutions to the underlying causes of systemic racial inequities. • How can donors help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Marker explains some of the political and practical challenges that can impede effective participatory grantmaking. • How can funders overcome these barriers to effective participatory grantmaking? …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to Feargus O’Sullivan, at CityLab, Britain’s minority ethnic people, many of whom have asserted themselves as service heroes, maintain concern over how they’ll be treated…