This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from ReliefWeb, author Lindsay Stecher from Oxfam discusses a recent research project aimed at better understanding the relationships between NGOs, trusts, and foundations.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Medium, Aline Müller provides notes on her experience as a former employee at UNICEF and shares the key takeaways from what she learned. Müller focuses on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Innovative philanthropists can fund social change through big bets in philanthropy. The authors use the example of One Acre Fund, a nonprofit that was able to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Johns Hopkins University researchers found that students in Baltimore who rely on public transit to get to school have higher rates of absenteeism. • Complicated commutes are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After producing a five-month, multimedia series on the power of client and community feedback, Stanford Social Innovation Review conducted two audience surveys to understand the campaign’s influence. The results reveal that organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Edgar Villanueva says the philanthropy sector mirrors the college cheating scandal: Funders often fail to see how their own personal behavior contributes to injustice and instead…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Cara Altimus and Kirstie Keller with LaTese Briggs lay out roles for nonprofits in advancing drug development, expediting a long, costly, and essential process. • Is getting involved…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There is a growing trend for nonprofits to acquire for-profit organizations, which will strengthen the social and charitable sector. • What are the main differences between…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review shares that the current approach to community revitalization has helped arrest and even reverse the degradation of American neighborhoods, but it cannot solve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is growing global interest in capacity building for nonprofits. In the last year alone there have been at least a dozen reports on the subject published by Rockefeller Philanthropic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors discuss how big bets for nonprofits that serve people of color can help make philanthropic funding practices more equitable. • How can you support equity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Animal Charity Evaluators argues that animal welfare donations are inconsistent with effective giving and that more funds need to flow to ending factory farming. • Are your animal…