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    Community-Engaged Research for Mutually Beneficial Results

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 16, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review demonstrates how community-engaged research can redesign relationships and revise a methodology with one-sided research benefits. • How does the current status quo…

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    The Big Reset: Guidance for Funders

    Leap Ambassadors Community Sep 14, 2020

    Give More: The generosity many are showing simply isn’t enough to cope with the enormity of the challenges in our communities. Not even close. So dig deeper. Explore Mission Investing:…

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    Reimagining Climate Action Through Feedback

    Feedback Labs

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Feedback Labs, Fiona Montie explains why it is important to listen to the public about their opinions on addressing climate change and how feedback can be…

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    Code Switching Across the Digital-Data Divide

    Stanford Social Innovation Review

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Asha Curran and Julia Rhodes Davis explain how nonprofits can use the expertise of code switchers who interact with both the tech and social sectors.  • How…

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    Supporting Nonprofit Leaders of Color This Election Year and Beyond

    Democracy and Philanthropy Sep 8, 2020

    Research has shown that people of color-led nonprofits receive fewer donations than white-led organizations, even if they focus on the same work. Furthermore, leaders of color are more likely to…

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    Five Steps to More Informed Giving

    Forbes

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Kris Putnam-Walkerly explains how donors can take five simple steps to more informed giving in order to be more effective.   • Are you ready to take these…

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    Helping the Homeless is an Art

    Giving Compass

    I reached into my wallet and pried out my last two dollar bills. I am not sure what made him different than the others I passed. Perhaps it was his…

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    The Philanthropy Resource Directory: Connect with Advisors, Networks, and More

    Giving Compass

    At one point or another on your giving journey, you may face obstacles or simply wish to connect with others who are working on issues you care about. If you’re…

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    How Do We Solve Global Sustainability Problems?

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    The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were created “to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all”. There are specific targets for each of the seventeen categories…

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    Learn How to Use Giving Planner [Video]

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    How-to Videos: Quick Tips on Using Giving Planner Plan Your Giving Manage Your Giving Analyze Your Giving Maximize the Impact of Your Giving The Giving Planner is a free online…

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    Opportunity Youth: The Pursuit of Happiness

    The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions Sep 3, 2020

    Across our nation today, 4.9 million youth between the ages of 16 and 24 are neither in school nor participating in the labor market. Known as “opportunity youth,” these young…

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    What Can We Do About Sepsis?

    Giving Compass

    My father almost died going into septic shock. That harrowing experience was an unwelcome education into a disease that many people don’t understand. Sepsis kills around 258,000 people each year…

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