This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Have you asked (or considered asking) a nonprofit how your donation is making a difference? It’s a mistake. While it’s an important and natural question, it is not one that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Fund the People, Nicky Goren, president and CEO, Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, discusses how more foundations need to understand that putting money into developing staff will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Navjeet Bal describes how Social Finance provides services to immigrants and refugees in Massachusetts through the state’s pay-for-success program. • Is pay-for-success an effective model for social impact? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review explains how Water for the People avoids common pitfalls of WASH funding by building a comprehensive checklist of project milestones that must be completed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. YouthTruth sat down with Dr. J. Michael Durnil, president and CEO of Simon Youth Foundation (SYF), to learn more about how listening to beneficiary voice has helped SYF in its mission to help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Susan Sepanik describes how MDRC gathered and used feedback to improve their AVID college preparation program. • How can other programs use iterative feedback to improve their programs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • MDRC describes the importance of research transparency and replication and explains the steps that the organization is taking to improve their own transparency and replication. • What…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Gurpreet Singh reflects on the Skoll Foundation Forum, where panelists identified philanthropy’s shortcomings that are preventing the necessary progress on the world’s biggest problems. • How can philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this United Philanthropy Forum post, author Kimberly Casey argues for critical self-reflection among wealthy philanthropists who, by the virtue of their wealth, wield enormous power. • Is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF) shares lessons its learned from working with disadvantaged kids in urban areas and how the foundation’s mission centers on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our mission at Colorado Association of Funders has long been to bring people, information, and resources together to promote effective and responsible philanthropy throughout the state. When I landed here almost a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael J. Petrilli, executive editor of Education Next, explains why schools should be using more evidence-based practices and details a few approaches that might help with implementation. •…