This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Louise Lief discusses why donors need to break away from funding easily understood “program silos” because they will miss the benefits of powerful new forces in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I remember sitting in a second-year elective course as an MBA student at Harvard Business School nearly two decades ago, listening to a guest lecturer describe how the “venture philanthropy”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • William Foster, Gail Perreault, and Bradley Seeman unpack the components that must be present for a funder to make a big bet with their philanthropic dollars. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Open Philanthropy Project post lists several farm animal welfare organizations for individual donors to consider, based on past successes and measurable impact. • How might…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors recap various panel discussions at SSIR’s 2019 Data on Purpose Conference that focus on how nonprofit leaders, funders, scholars, and technologists can thrive in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ben Brockman, Andrew Fraker, Jeff McManus, and Neil Buddy Shah discuss the ways in which machine learning can boost the work of the social sector to increase impact. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Equity has surfaced in the social sector as a work imperative, not only for nonprofits but for philanthropy. Many organizations are looking to incorporate equitable strategies – internally in their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cheryl Dorsey unpacks some of the barriers to equitable distribution of money in big philanthropic bets. • Are you and/or your organizations working with big bets? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Climate and Land Use Alliance’s (CLUA) is an example of how collaborative philanthropic investment can tackle a complex issue. In this post, The Bridgespan Group explains…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • FSG Consulting Group discusses the nature of collective impact and how coordinating with communities and strengthening partnerships with other organizations can achieve impact philanthropy. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ali Webb, writing for Nonprofit Quarterly, surveyed senior leaders in philanthropy and compiled this list of the sector’s sins based on their responses. • Which of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Whitman Insitute is a foundation that focuses on building social, political and economic equity by using a trust-based approach in philanthropy. • The foundation uses…