This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Similar to the job search feature presented last year, EdSurge reports that Google is releasing a college search tool that will provide information about admissions, student…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Although the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 has been established, there is not much focus on researching what causes people to turn to opioid use—pain. Susan…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The opioid crisis affects the rural community in a myriad of ways and philanthropists and funders do not know exactly where and how to help. • Should philanthropists…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Obamacare was once seen as political poison for Democrats, but that has since changed with the current administration’s proposed changes to it and the loosening of federal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael Igoe recounts how the Surgo Foundation identified a gap in maternal care caused not by lack of training, but by a healthcare system that misidentified and rewarded…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · A student in the UK has dropped out of school after seeing that her studies would go over 21 hours a week—the limit set by the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropy News Digest interviews Maurice Jones, CEO of Local Initiatives Support Corporation in which they discuss how the investments his organization makes in the community will bring…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The disparity between white and black adults has not gone away completely, there are still nuances in the data that illuminate the disparities but only when specifically…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • ProPublica investigated the number of cases in which young children are being unnecessarily hospitalized because the state can not find a place for them to live, having detrimental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Next City reports Detroit’s plan to spend $130 million for new investments in developing neighborhoods and public spaces throughout the city. · How will this investment affect…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors examine the challenges that metropolitan areas face today, and come to the conclusion that the brunt of the work to mitigate these challenges will fall…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Justin Marlowe argues that in spite of recent failures public-private partnerships (PPPs) are not on the decline. He predicts that the future of PPSs lays with human…