This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • James da Costa, writing for Forbes, discusses the steps necessary for companies to build collaboration across cultures and the benefits of doing so for organizations outside of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Blended finance models incorporate philanthropic investment that encourages private sector growth aimed toward achieving the SDGs. • Are international development experts looking toward blended finance models…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses alternatives to the backbone organization — one superstructure that coordinates collective impact efforts — in establishing better collaborations, using food insecurity in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review uses the example of the James Irvine Foundation’s New Leadership Network to illustrate lessons about fostering civic progress. • Collaboration is the main…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What makes a city livable? It’s more than just jobs, schools, culture and weather. It’s knowing your neighbors have your back. That’s because even if a community can provide economic…
In Pittsfield, Mass., which has struggled economically since the departure of General Electric in the early 1990s, the power of feedback is evident at “Working Cities Wednesdays.” There, Habitat for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Equal Measure interviews Jobs for the Future’s Marty Alvarado and Joel Vargas on their work developing career pathways for young people: They emphasize that changing the system,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • TCC Group explores the fraught nature of funding advocacy work and how to establish a better comfort level by asking a few crucial questions. • There…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The London-based charity Wellcome reviews its recent Public Engagement Fund, which funds individuals and organizations in the area of public health research. The main takeaway is that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This post from The Bridgespan Group discusses one community initiative in Milwaukee to reduce the teen birth rate, highlighting a report that examines what works when…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Skoll Foundation post, Water For People’s Kim Lemme discusses the systems change needed to address the continuing water and sanitation crisis around the world.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Paul Reville and Lynne Sacks share insights from By All Means, a program launched in six cities to support children through collaborative action. • How can funders help…