This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Urban Institute examines how tiered-evidence grantmaking — which tries to expand knowledge about new approaches to social problems and scale them — applies to getting more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Third Sector Capital Partners explores the Pay For Success model for government-backed social programs, and makes the case for exploring less traditional avenues of funding. • The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this post, Kris Putnam-Walkerly discusses the differences between transactional philanthropy (like donating to help those in crisis) and transformational (committing longterm to address the root causes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kris Putnam-Walkerly explains why impact philanthropists need to move more quickly in order to make a difference and how organizations can streamline their processes to achieve this. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • FSG profiles the Staten Island Foundation, which has created an early childhood initiative with equity as a focus and a goal of solving core issues through…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this PEAK Grantmaking post, the author takes a look at final reports for grants and finds the feedback lacking in many cases. How can we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sean Watterson explains how the Ford Foundation’s BUILD program is increasing nonprofit capacity and providing general operating support to achieve impact. The early results are promising. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Rockport, Texas. Hovering over the region for days, the storm dropped record amounts of rainfall, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Peery Foundation discusses key practices that grantmakers should develop to create better relationships with the nonprofits they support. • How can both sides of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this post at Philanthropy 2173, author Lucy Bernholz examines the role of technology in the social sector and how its effect on civil society needs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Better Evaluation discusses the practice of Outcome Harvesting: working backwards from tangible evidence on what’s changed to see how an intervention or policy contributed to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alana Dunagan and Michael B. Horn argue that the federal government would get more out of higher education funding if they shifted to an outcomes-based strategy. • How…