This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Governing for Nonprofit Excellence (GNE) helped nonprofit organization, Girls, Incorporated, adjust its organizational strategy to better serve its community. • What impact does high-quality nonprofit governance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Carol Dahl shares lessons from The Lemelson Foundation on upstream funding for sustainable development, emphasizing early innovation funding. • Who are the upstream players in your issue areas?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nancy Lublin, founder of Crisis Text Line, shares her journey as an entrepreneur who needed early-stage funding from donors to get her social enterprise off the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Leap Ambassadors Community highlights the work of the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust and its process for achieving impact. • How can this work inform your charitable efforts?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ali Miller and Mary Gray recap highlights from the Families at the Center Summit, sharing insights for funders who want to support families. • How can you incorporate these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropic advisors from The Chicago Community Trust list six collective giving funds where donors can pool resources to maximize impact. • How can donors identify collective…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nat Kendall-Taylor and Nicky Hawkins share strategies for building public support for prevention-based policies. • How can funders best use these strategies? Which prevention policies could you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Often used interchangeably, the terms “social change” and “development” refer to an organized effort – through projects, programs, campaigns, and interventions – to address some societal problem and improve people’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Eric Kessler explains how Arabella Advisors helps philanthropists navigate the challenges of philanthropy effectively. • Would your philanthropic efforts benefit from professional advising? • Learn about choosing the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees shares advice for funders who want to divest from immigrant detention. • How much of your financial assets are currently engaged…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Thomas Both explores both human-centered and systems-thinking methods in philanthropy and how they can work together to address social challenges. • It all starts with information.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sam Larson, James W. Dearing, and Thomas E. Backer examine 45 social programs and how they scale up by extending partnerships and choosing the best approaches or…