This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The value of evidence for effective policymaking is precisely the reason why many foundations and bilateral agencies have invested for decades in research in the Global South, carried out by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kevin Starr explains why philanthropists should provide unrestricted funding to best help organizations achieve impact. • How can we change the conversation and culture around funding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As nonprofits struggle to respond to COVID-19 and the accompanying economic shutdown that has gripped the country, everything that many thought they knew about nonprofit revenue models is being challenged.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sheba Rogers discusses what is needed to build communities where Black men and boys can thrive according to the Campaign for Black Male Achievement. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrew Feldman, Ruth Curran Neild, and David Yokum argue that a two-pronged approach – both top-down and bottom-up – is needed to build an evidence-based government. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The National Center for Family Philanthropy examines the habits family foundations should embrace in order to maximize the impact of their giving. • How are you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. System work seeks to address social problems by making substantive and lasting changes to the system in which the problems are embedded. Doing such work requires thinking about causal architecture.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Becky Elton shares four lessons that Changing Lives learned from doing systems change work over the past several years. • Elton advises us to “understand the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kris Putnam-Walkerly explains the reasons why community foundations are useful resources for disaster relief funding. One reason? They’ve vetted organizations for you. • Where else can individuals go…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits are taking stock of just how bad things are and could get — and how quickly they have had to change and may need to change. UTEC’s mission is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The relationships that funders build with grantees are crucial if the two are to work well together to achieve shared goals. In particular, the foundation program officer to whom a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Instead of stepping into spring and the rituals of emerging from winter’s slumber, today we are faced with a crisis that’s unlike anything most of us have seen in our…