This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When residents in Ferguson, MO, and across the country, were rising up against police violence, systemic racism, and economic injustice in 2014, grassroots organizers put pressure on donors to fund…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dennis Price and David Bank predict impact investing themes will emerge over the next 10 years. Among them: Fighting exclusion and sustainability tipping points. • How can…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Arun Sundararajan, a Professor at New York University, describes how digital technology can help drive progress in global inequality and can be the solution to expand access.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bess Rothenberg writes about the Ford Foundation’s grantmaking practices that respond to and advance the #MeToo movement. • How can these practices be incorporated into your existing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dan Cardinali writes that the United States can restore the trust that allows civil society to flourish by emphasizing the values that have long bound us…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kevin Starr shares how Mulago Foundation uses three simple questions to guide the development of scalable solutions. • How can you use these questions to guide decisions around…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Natalia Winberry argues that accountability for nonprofits should be focused on the populations they serve, rather than governments, funders, and other stakeholders. • Are organizations doing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Welcome to the 2020 High Impact Giving Guide, designed to help donors make a bigger difference with their philanthropic gifts. This year we focus on four social impact areas where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Russell and Richard Woo discuss the concept of transparency in philanthropy in terms of importance, scope, and limitations. • What is the best way to share…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “I like to say that we need top-down and we need bottom-up, and that’s the wrong framing. What we need is both in mutuality, but it’s the mutuality that’s missing.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We launched Giving Compass in 2017 as a “minimal viable product” in order to learn if this was a resource donors would use. As we see our audience grow and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vineet Rai explores what impact investing is, and how it has the potential to fight economic inequality and empower the disenfranchised. • How can funders focus on stakeholder…