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    What Nonprofit Leaders Wish More People Knew

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Nonprofit Finance Fund recently released survey results that detailed nonprofit leaders responses, including the hardships of navigating funding and organizational health.  • How should funders respond…

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    Five Ways to Improve Your Charitable Giving

    Medium Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Milos Maricic, writing for Medium, lists five types of mistakes that philanthropists and individuals in the donor space are making and offers recommendations on how to improve…

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    The Current State of Farm Animal Advocacy

    Nonprofit Chronicles

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Marc Gunther, writing for Nonprofit Chronicles, interviews founder and executive director of Faunalytics, a research organization that assists animal advocates in becoming more effective changemakers. • What are the challenges…

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    How to Find a More Impactful Job

    Causeartist

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story, Causeartist gives advice on how people can find jobs with greater social impact. • Given that workers are valuing the social impact of…

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    10 Development Learnings That Stayed With Us Through 2019

    India Development Review Apr 3, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • India Development Review lists 10 lessons in development work that they have learned over the past year that still resonate in 2019.  • What are the differences…

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    Is My Nonprofit Really Making a Difference?

    Medium Apr 3, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrew Wolk, writing for Medium, reflects on the impact of Root Cause, a project in collaboration with the Campaign for Black Male Achievement.  • Wolk mentions…

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    Nonprofits Grapple With Donations Funded by the Creators of the Opioid Crisis

    Ragan's PR Daily Apr 3, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Ted Kitterman discusses the ways that nonprofits are reacting to the donations offered – or already given – by the Sackler family, whose fortune was made in…

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    Attracting Greater Philanthropic Funding

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Apr 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Stanford Social Innovation Review, Jeffrey C. Walker addresses the changes taking place in the world of philanthropy and explains how philanthropic funding can increase its impact by taking…

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    2019 Fundraising Trends—And How to Take Advantage of Them

    GuideStar Blog Mar 31, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · The author provides a list of noticeable fundraising trends in 2019 and how you and your organization can take advantage of them to further your mission. …

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    How Your Donors Can Help You

    GuideStar Blog Mar 31, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for GuideStar Blog, Paul Jolly explains how your donors can help you when you harness their enthusiasm and get them more involved in the organization.  ·…

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    The Downsides of Innovation-focused Philanthropy

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Mar 31, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from SSIR, author David Callahan discusses the problems that come from philanthropy’s intent on taking risks in the pursuit of a breakthrough. •…

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    Philanthropy Should Take Risks

    Forbes Mar 31, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this video from Forbes, meet Darren Walker, the CEO of the Ford Foundation. His commitment to risk-taking is one of the many reasons the foundation…

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