This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Shawna De La Rosa reports that period poverty – being unable to afford menstrual products – is a significant reason girls miss school. Shame, stigma, and lack…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Aspen Institute shares immigrants’ stories and explains why promoting healthy dialogues between immigrants and other Americans is important. • How can we individually and collectively do more to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joel Griffith and Douglas Blair at The Heritage Foundation discuss why Portland, Oregon has the biggest homelessness crisis and how the government can help. • What are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristen Cambell at Medium sits down with Trista Harris of FutureGood to discuss trends that are shaping future philanthropic giving practices. • How can funders lean into best…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Magnify Community and Fidelity Charitable partnered to create a list of organizations working effectively to meet the essential needs of people in Silicon Valley struggling to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Access to energy is an overlooked issue as global leaders are focused on climate change and sustainable development. However, there is potential to overcome this challenge…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Four studies have found that increased school funding helps low-income students succeed, but work remains to be done to figure out how it should be spent. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When they think of an innovator, many people imagine an individual, toiling away alone in a laboratory, coming up with ideas the world has never seen. In reality, most innovation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since 1977, The Hunger Project (THP) has been on a mission to end hunger, not just alleviate it. But over the decades, the organization has developed a profound conviction that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You don’t have to look very far to see that we are in a critical moment in the poverty fight. More than 40 million people across the U.S. live below…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Results for America provides policy recommendations that can be implemented to improve economic mobility in America. • How can funders work to make these policy recommendations reality…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Microcredit is useful in helping individuals become entrepreneurs and driving progress in achieving SDG 1: Eradicating poverty. • What are the challenges with microcredits and small…