This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jonathan Raymond describes how he boosted student outcomes during his tenure as Sacramento Public Schools Superintendent by focusing on the students’ needs beyond academia. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Philanthropy News Digest, Aleda Gagarin from Foundation Center reviews the new book “Unicorns Unite: How Nonprofits and Foundations Can Build Epic Partnerships” and gives it high…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · While knowledge is widely related to power, information alone cannot lead to change. Feedback Labs addresses this common misconception and concludes that context and strategic thinking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses the concept of shared gifting — doling out grant money to peers — and how it can create a more robust…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Every organization likely says it values feedback and performance evaluations, but few are great at handling criticism. The Bridgespan Group offers some pointers on how to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Putnam Consulting Group explains the importance of investing time for evaluating, learning, and improving new strategies at your organization before it’s too late. · Why is it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • St. Louis city treasurer Tishaura O. Jones writes an essay about the impact that income volatility has on her community and what we can do about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Center for High Impact Philanthropy reports on the importance of measurement in nonprofit work, and what tools we can use to collect data more efficiently…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mental health challenges affect every woman, man, and child in the United States. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in five American adults has a diagnosable mental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses efforts to improve educational equity through the West Hills Community College District in California’s rural Central Valley, with an emphasis on workforce…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vox reports on a program from the Open Philanthropy Project that examined the length of prison sentences in relation to crime rates and found this: “[B]uilding and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Social Venture Partners discusses the RVC Fellowship program, which provides nonprofit management training to people in marginalized communities, making sure that the cycle of low pay…