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    Navigating Purpose and Collaboration in Social Impact Networks

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Oct 2, 2018

    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…

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    From Lean Start-Up to Lean Collaboration

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Oct 2, 2018

    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…

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    Want to Be a Good Leader? Rely On a Little Help From Your Friends

    Governing Magazine Oct 1, 2018

    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…

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    Massive Aggregation: A New Form of New Power for Funding Mechanisms

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 24, 2018

    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…

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    How 3 Companies Created Win-Win Nonprofit Partnerships

    Sarasota Magazine

    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…

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    8 Design Principles for Successful Collective Action for Community Health Worker Models

    Skoll Foundation

    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,…

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    Partnering with a New Generation of Innovators for Social Good

    FHI 360 Sep 21, 2018

    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…

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    New Public-Private Partnership Promises Better Nutrition in Nigeria

    Shared Value Initiative Sep 13, 2018

    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. •…

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    Disrupting Opportunity Gaps Will Hinge on Networks

    Christensen Institute Sep 11, 2018

    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…

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    Ending Homelessness Through Impactful Giving

    Funders Together to End Homelessness Aug 29, 2018

    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…

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    Community-Driven Solutions Show Promise

    The MacArthur Foundation Aug 24, 2018

    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…

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    To Change the Nonprofit System, Look Outside

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Aug 23, 2018

    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…

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