This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank talks with Priscilla Asonibare from the groundbreaking Nigerian company, Hello Tractor, about their work in Africa, industry trends, and the potential of the sharing economy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • European Foundation Centre CEO Gerry Salole expresses frustration that aid organizations and other nonprofit groups are slow to learn from mistakes, often jumping on new trends,…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Diane Meier shares her expert insight into the future of palliative care, including her fears for the field. • How can funders work to ensure that palliative care…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lindsay Jones and Ted Mitchell share how some schools are taking the lead and working to reduce stigma for college students with learning disabilities. • How can funders…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This case study explores the practices of two health conversion organizations working to improve the lives in rural communities in New England. • How can other foundations…
Giving Compass’ Take: • MDRC released a report on how New York municipalities, community, and workforce development organizations can now access state UI wage data and what opportunities and challenges…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The past five decades – spanning from the time when the Silent Generation (today, in their 70s and 80s) was entering adulthood to the adulthood of today’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Heroin use in the United States has increased almost fivefold in the past decade. Despite spending more than a trillion dollars on the war on drugs all we have to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Stabilizing those experiencing homelessness, trauma, mental illness and substance use is no small task, but the answer may start with the most basic of human needs: Connection. Current data reminds…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In a brain-aligned model of discipline, we must teach the behaviors we want to see in schools and lay the groundwork for prevention systems and strategies. Lori Desautels…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Physical activity used as healthy coping mechanisms for individuals with adverse childhood experiences can help build resilience. • More healthcare professionals are taking in account the…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Annie E. Casey Foundation explains why children are likely to be undercounted in the 2020 census and what an undercount will mean for the public and…