This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network (SCMSN) describes how it cultivates collaboration by using tactics that encourage acceptance and tolerance. • Why is collaboration important in social impact work? How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review takes a look at how start-ups in the philanthropy space can scale and the best ways to reframe government adoption. • Gaining the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Governing magazine explores how collective impact can be strengthened through becoming “system rich,” or finding ways for many different community entities to coalesce around a common…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Authors writing for the Stanford Social Innovation Review explain how “new power” approaches to community organizing and fundraising make it possible for those who are not traditionally…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sarasota magazine reports on the efforts of local businesses to partner with nonprofits, and how such relationships have shown success all around. • What can other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • James Nardella outlines design principles for community health worker models that are undisputed pillars of the field. • How can funders use these principles to design,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • FHI 360 discusses the need for more progress when it comes to the Sustainable Development Goals, and how partnering with rising “informal” innovators can help us…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Shared Value Initiative reports on a collaboration between USAID’s Feed-the-Future and Nestlé to improve agriculture practices in Nigeria, improving health and economic outlooks for small-holder farmers. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Christensen Institute discusses the “opportunity gaps” in our education and youth development system: Many students who could have promising careers never get exposed to the resources…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After years of progress, the number of people experiencing homelessness increased in 2017 to more than 550,000 people, according to the 2017 Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Annual Homeless…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The MacArthur Foundation created the New Communities Program (NCP) and provided funding to 16 communities to try a community and economic development approach to local problems in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review explores how emerging organizations, even the small ones, can help advance social progress. • Systems change is never easy, but it makes…