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    How to Improve Place-Based Programs to Benefit Communities

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jun 17, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: •The Net Community Benefit Methodology (NCBM) developed by the Impact Investment Group (IIG), describes the components of a framework that measures community benefit for place-based programs.  • How…

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    How Political Polarization Impacts the Nonprofit Sector

    Urban Institute Jun 16, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A report by Shena Ashley, Jesse D. Lecy, and Francisco J. Santamarina, studied how political views can have an impact on nonprofit missions. • The authors…

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    Breaking Into the Field of Arts Education

    Americans for the Arts Jun 14, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Jane Cheung at Americans for the Arts interviewed Anna Lisa Caraveo Flores, Director of Pablove Shutterbugs, a program that approaches childhood cancer through art and science. • What…

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    How Schools Can Become Learning Spaces That Build Career Skills

    Education Dive Jun 14, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: •  Shawna De La Rosa, writing for Education Dive, discusses how schools can better position themselves as learning space to advance modern career skills through design and rearrangement. …

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    MBA Course on Investing in Philanthropy Shows Students How to Measure Impact

    Medium Jun 14, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A new MBA course at Texas McComb called Investing in Philanthropy teaches students how to effectively measure nonprofit success while looking at how to make an…

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    Five Practices to Clean Up Your Philanthropy

    GuideStar by Candid Jun 14, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Jen Bokoff shares five ways to clean up your philanthropy to increase your impact and cut down on drag.  • Which of these practices could your organization…

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    Three Conditions for Impactful Philanthropy

    Putnam Consulting Jun 14, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Kris Putnam-Walkerly shares three conditions that funders should ensure are in place in order to achieve impactful philanthropy.  • Are these conditions present in your philanthropy?  •…

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    Partnering for Large-scale Impact [Video]

    Skoll Foundation Jun 11, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Phil Collis shares insights on the success of large-scale impact that can be achieved only through partnership.  • Are you engaging with political and community leaders enough?…

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    LGBTQ Activism Addresses School Bullying of LGBTQ Youth

    Mashable Jun 10, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Sameer Jha is a 17-year-old LGBTQ activist that founded The Empathy Alliance, an organization that aims to help schools build safer environments for LGBTQ youth.  •…

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    Five Ways Microfinance Must Respond to the Digital Age

    Next Billion Jun 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: •MicroSave founder Graham Wright lists the ways that microfinance institutions should utilize financial technology to implement global practices. • How can donors help spread awareness about the impact…

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    Going Global: How About Fiscal Sponsorship Outside the United States?

    Philanthropy In Focus Jun 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · The authors discuss the rise of fiscal sponsorship in the United States and how it can also serve as a useful approach to international development projects. · How…

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    A New App Will Match Nonprofits and Foundations

    Nonprofit AF Jun 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Vu Le announces that Fundr, a new app to match nonprofits and foundations, is a collaborative effort to bring a tech solution to a long-standing grantmaking problem.  • Does…

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