This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Comprised of three organizations — Mercy Center, the Fiver Children’s Foundation, and the Qualitas of Life Foundation —as well as Tanya Valle, a mindfulness practitioner, Familia Adelante helps low-income families access services based on goals…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food system experts gathered at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) Nourish Scotland Pavilion in Glasgow on November 7 to discuss the role philanthropy should play in the climate emergency.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Derrick Feldmann, writing for Philanthropy News Digest, discusses the importance of philanthropic organizations working collaboratively in an effort to create new meaningful partnerships. • How will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’re often inspired to support a charity based on their vision for a better world–one without hunger, homelessness, or disease. Organizations dare to imagine a day when these problems no…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This summer we brought three youth services organizations serving the Los Angeles community—A Place Called Home, Da Vinci RISE High School and Fulfillment Fund—and special guest, Steve Ballmer, co-founder of Ballmer Group Philanthropy and former…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COP26, rightly critiqued for its exclusionary approach, will shape how governments respond to the climate crisis. It is also as an organising moment for civil society, and a chance for funders…
Dana Gunders says there are more and more partnerships developing to address food waste. NextCourse recently did a project with the Climate Collaborative, which is helping natural foods retailers implement…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every foundation wants a nonprofit partner that shares in and will deliver on its mission. Every nonprofit wants to engage a funder that is willing to collaborate and help them…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before becoming executive director of a small foundation in Binghamton, NY, Catherine Schwoeffermann worked in a museum as a cultural anthropologist and curator of folk arts. While at the museum,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Katie Robinson and her team at Mosaic are determined to solve our most pressing environmental issues. Robinson is the director of Mosaic, a national grantmaking initiative focused on strengthening the infrastructure…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Alexis de Tocqueville visited the mid-Atlantic in 1840, he was struck by America’s power to collaborate. Americans “seek each other out and unite together once they have made contact,”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The opening of Westside Park – the largest jewel on the BeltLine Emerald Necklace – has generated much excitement and is the result of years of hard work by many people and organizations. It…