This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Maureen Johannigman and Mollie Bunis detail the role that funders and foundations can play in nonprofit collaboration and ensuring strategic partnerships. • Are you ready to support…
What does it mean to create a network of networks, bringing giving circle networks together to engage more donors and catalyze giving? As the number of giving circles continues to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rajasvini Bhansali, executive director of the Solidaire Network, explains how the collective of donors and foundations are ending the legacy of racism through an activist-centered model. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lumina Foundation’s Community Partnership for Attainment initiative utilizes cross-sector partnerships to advance outcomes in postsecondary education. Here are four lessons the foundation learned when trying to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chief Executive of Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire, an organization that helps those experiencing isolation, poverty, and disadvantage, discusses the place-based, collaborative approach that it took to address COVID-19. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Aakanksha Sinha highlights two techniques that social service agencies can use to listen to, understand, and create collaborative solutions with communities. • How can funders, nonprofits, and other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review looks at the role of “field catalysts” — intermediaries in social change efforts that focus on influencing direct action — and how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Question: How and why is your foundation collaborating with others — grantees, other funders — to achieve a shared policy goal? The Healing Trust Meredith Sullivan Benton, Vice-President, Programs and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Madeleine Clarke and John Healy explain how foundations can contribute to complex systems change through humble collaboration with stakeholders. • How can foundations better collect input from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Piter Panjaitan encourages organizations to follow the lead of Bali Life, a charity focused on listening to community needs for an effective COVID response. • One coronavirus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joanne Lee uses New Jersey Health Initiatives as an example of what funders can accomplish through meaningful partnerships with grantees. • Why are transparency and authenticity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Funders from the Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI) collaborative provide five insights on how philanthropic governance can fortify social movements. • How can your philanthropy support social movements…