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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits not only need our support — but they need support that is not earmarked for discrete items, programs or projects, but that funds their critical core missions. It can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Like individual foundations, philanthropic collaborations vary widely in governance and financing structures, size, and type. Some partnerships create and fund an independent organization with its own staff. For others, funding,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lucy Bernholz discusses how the digital space owned or monitored by commercial firms and the government influences civil society. • Are we putting power into the right…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Carnegie Corporation of New York breaks down opportunities for philanthropy to make an impact on voting rights in the United States. • Which of these approaches best aligns…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits often face challenges when trying to secure ongoing, unrestricted support from major donors, which is sometimes fueled by a lack of connection between the donor and the nonprofits they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mae Hong, writing for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, shares four potential models for engaging in anti-poverty philanthropy. • How is your charitable giving centered toward anti-poverty? Which of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sindhu Lakshmanan, Roger Low, and Caroline Whistler explain the potential of the pay for success model of funding can address persistent poverty in the United States. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Phil Buchanan at The Center for Effective Philanthropy speaks from his own experiences inside foundation boardrooms and discusses five questions that will allow board members the time…