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    How to Help Engage Girls in STEM for the Future Workforce

    Forbes Dec 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Dan Mantz describes several ways in which nonprofit organizations can help engage more girls in STEM to broaden the pool of candidates for the future workforce.  •…

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    Grantmaking Practices for the #MeToo Era

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Dec 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Bess Rothenberg writes about the Ford Foundation’s grantmaking practices that respond to and advance the #MeToo movement.  • How can these practices be incorporated into your existing…

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    Five Ways for Individual Donors to Give Better

    Arabella Advisors

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are five considerations for donors to remember when facing challenges reaching their giving goals. • How are you staying engaged with your philanthropic strategy? Are…

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    Improving Accountability in the Nonprofit World

    ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Innovation

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Natalia Winberry argues that accountability for nonprofits should be focused on the populations they serve, rather than governments, funders, and other stakeholders. • Are organizations doing…

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    Why Foundations Should Be Worried About the Decline in Individual Donors

    Nonprofit Quarterly Dec 4, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Shena Ashley explains the sustainability and legitimacy implications of the decline of individual donors for foundations.  • How can donors and foundations work together to support the…

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    Meet The New Platform That Makes it Easy to Offset Your Plastic Footprint

    Causeartist Dec 3, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Grant Trahant at Causeartist highlights Vera, a new platform that allows members to easily offset their plastic foodprint for $3/month.  • How does waste management, or lack there…

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    A Group of Universities Collaborate to Improve College Access

    Education Dive Dec 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Hallie Busta covers the University Innovation Alliance’s achievement in uniting universities to improve college access and graduation rates. • By cooperating instead of competing these universities have helped students…

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    How Do You Evaluate Systems Change? A Place to Start

    FSG Nov 30, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Joelle Cook and Hallie Preskill analyze the difficulties in systems change work and offer questions to ask and approaches to take when starting. • How do these…

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    Medical Errors Still Harm Too Many People but There are Glimpses of Real Change

    The Conversation Nov 29, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael L. Millenson at The Conversation discusses how the U.S. is nowhere near the goal, set 20 years ago, of cutting medical errors in half, however,…

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    3 New Ways to Think About Charitable Giving

    Medium Nov 29, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Allison Roozen at Medium shares her own advice and personal experiences on how to think about charitable giving and make the most out of your donations.  • How…

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    Why Donors Should Support Nonprofits That Are Failing Forward

    Charity Navigator Nov 26, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Ofira Bondorowsky, writing for Charity Navigator, discusses why donors must support nonprofits that are failing forward, and looking to innovate the sector by taking risks.  • How…

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    These Invisible Barcodes Make Plastic More Likely to be Recycled

    Fast Company Nov 26, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • By making it possible for recycling facilities to quickly scan a bottle or packaging and learn what it’s made of and where it’s from, this new…

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