This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the most powerful ways that we can support our partners is through “capacity building” — providing a responsive mixture of training, support, and engagement that extends our partners’…
Jeff Raikes not only works alongside active donors, he is one. With his wife Tricia, he helps lead the Raikes Foundation, which works to address the challenges of early adolescence and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Aspen Institute profiles a school in Cleveland where mentorship between faculty and students is a high priority; the impact relies on a network of relationships.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Third Sector Capital Partners discusses the bold new ways organizations are sharing data, including through predictive analytics and randomized control trials. • How up-to-date are you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Equal Measure interviews Jobs for the Future’s Marty Alvarado and Joel Vargas on their work developing career pathways for young people: They emphasize that changing the system,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Stanford Social Innovation Review post, Bush Foundation president Jen Ford Reedy discusses the organization’s methodical approach to finding the right people and providing them…
Christy Morse has devoted the latter portion of her career to carrying out the philanthropic wishes of Margaret Cargill, the granddaughter of the founder of Cargill Inc. and an intensely…
Ask Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, co-founder of The Home Depot, why he decided to engage in philanthropy and he will say he never decided. “I just did it—you slide into it.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • TCC Group explores the fraught nature of funding advocacy work and how to establish a better comfort level by asking a few crucial questions. • There…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Consultant Kris Putnam-Walkerly posted this list of advice for donors looking to help people recover from natural disasters after Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area, but…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Caroline Fiennes argues that famous failures in philanthropy are essential steps to eventual success. • How can philanthropists minimize the cost and ill effects of unproven philanthropic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In our experience, if you are serious about getting results with your philanthropy and seek to work with your family to do so, there are four explicit ways to increase…