This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To help address the many impacts of the pandemic in Nepal, The McConnell Foundation made a grant to benefit four organizations working on different fronts. Since the beginning of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since Asian Americans first began to immigrate to the United States almost two centuries ago, we have been framed as perpetual foreigners. Racist portrayals in film and television, references to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, sitting out legislative policy fights is just not an option. Enter the question of lobbying and some timely new research from academics at George Mason University and the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I’ve been in a lot of philanthropy, aid reform, and open data conversations over the years. And too many times now, I’ve heard the phrase and/or sentiment that, “We will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Priti Krishtel is a health justice lawyer who has spent nearly two decades exposing structural inequities that limit access to medicines and vaccines across the Global South and the United…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A couple of years ago, I stepped down from my position as executive director of RVC, a capacity building and leadership organization serving communities of color in Seattle. I helped found…
Giving Compass’ Take: • A 2021 report at Independent Sector slides philanthropy under the microscope, investigating U.S. citizens’ current state of trust in nonprofits. • Why is it important to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This week, I read the Road Block Analysis Report by the Open Road Alliance that shows that the biggest barrier nonprofits face is…our very own funders. In fact, according to the executive summary: Funder-Created…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You successfully led Liberia through the Ebola epidemic from 2014 to 2016 — helping stop the disease within your country and preventing its spread beyond West Africa. What advice do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Statistics-packed spreadsheets and lengthy, jargon-filled reports can be enough to make anybody feel dizzy. It’s natural. That makes it the responsibility for those of us involved in government and its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Space backpack? Check. More glue sticks than one person could possibly use in one year? Check. Fierce optimism and belief that the world is truly his oyster? Check. My son is ready for kindergarten.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since mid-2020, MacKenzie Scott has made charitable donations totaling close to $8.6 billion across more than 780 nonprofit organizations and universities — a philanthropic tsunami announced not with launch events…