This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Is poverty a crime? A quick answer is, of course, yes: poverty is systemically created and punished. Debtors’ prisons, mass incarceration, and the structure of the welfare system are just…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • UNICEF reports that more than a million children displaced by the Venezuela crisis will need support in 2019. • How can funders work together to address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Bob Woodruff Foundation hosted a conference where the main focus was getting veterans who have been left behind back into the workforce. Many CEOs chimed in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Clint Smith at The Atlantic addresses the link between wealth and elite colleges and explains that ‘unwritten rules’ underlie all elite colleges and universities, making it more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from The 74, author Richard Whitmire discusses the success of community college students who transfer to universities, and how this pipeline might offer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Urban Institute, the authors discuss the difference between income inequality and inclusion, arguing that inclusion is a better metric for equity at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jackie Marchildon reports that critics are panning Canada’s claim of record-low poverty because of the methodology used. • How can funders work to build more accurate measures…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Studies show that Meals and Wheels addresses the social isolation problem within the elderly population and has positive effects on their wellbeing. • How can Meals on Wheels…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • H. Claire Brown explains that Wisconsin’s expanded work requirements were profitable for the company hired to implement the programs even though they returned underwhelming results. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Global Citizen, author Lerato Mogoatlhe discusses the efforts of South African company Tsogo Sun to end extreme poverty using ubuntu. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from 80,000 Hours, Robert Wilbin and Keiran Harris discuss how charter cities might be a innovative strategy for fighting poverty. • What obstacles…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the Equitable Evaluation Initiative, we believe that evaluators in the philanthropic sector have a moral imperative to design and implement evaluations that contribute to equity. This can happen by: Answering…