This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristin Lindell, writing for FeedbackLabs, discusses how collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA), an approach to organizational learning from USAID, can help incite helpful feedback and advance progress…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrés Spokoiny writes on his personal experiences, moral reasons, emotional aspects and what motivates him to give back. • Where are you in your giving journey? How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kris Putnam-Walkerly shares three conditions that funders should ensure are in place in order to achieve impactful philanthropy. • Are these conditions present in your philanthropy? •…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Caroline Fiennes explains why donors need to prioritize giving better, not just giving more, to ensure impact. • Are you giving effectively? Which donations have you made…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this excerpt of Giving Done Right, Phil Buchanan explains why top-down philanthropy is so attractive – and so ineffective. • How can funders best ensure that…
Giving Compass’ Take: • MDRC shares how a cyclical evidence-building framework for implementation research allows for layers of refinement and helps to hone impact. • How can existing programs be altered to…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Center for High Impact Philanthropy shares concrete solutions and steps for donors to make an impact on health and hunger. • Which of these approaches…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The report is structured to provide points of entry into the pathway of funding scientific research primarily conducted in an academic or medical setting. Written for individual philanthropists and foundations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The flight was delayed due to bad weather in Washington, and I found myself bumped to standby. Boarding the shuttle flight late out of Logan, coach looked full. A stewardess…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s time to take back the discussion of effective philanthropy from those who don’t really know what they’re talking about. It needs to happen — and there’s no better day…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I looked forward to attending CEP’s Stronger Philanthropy conference, which took place in Minneapolis earlier this month. As a former capacity builder, I arrived at the conference hoping to learn…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Healthier Colorado has been able to make significant headway in policy wins related to health and active living for residents of Colorado. • What makes this model…