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In this conversation, Leslie Pine, Managing Partner of TPI, and Afi Tengue, VP of Philanthropy and Impact at Giving Compass, reflect on the major issues of 2020 and how they’ll affect society in…

On this Giving Tuesday, as I think about how I can be a better donor in the closing month of a year that’s been challenging unlike any other, I’ve been…

Biomedical research, like many other industries, has been hit hard by COVID. Within academia, the pandemic has led to numerous laboratories temporarily closing, career schedules being thrown off, and many non-COVID related clinical trials…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Grassroots Fund provides a practical guide to shifting power, highlighting five main components that are essential to the process.  • Can these practices improve your philanthropic efforts?…

Last year, the year before, the year before that, the year before that, and the year before that, we published a set of suggestions for individual donors looking for organizations…

As our nation struggles with how to commemorate the Thanksgiving holiday amid a pandemic, it’s important to remember that we humans have a natural propensity to share with one another even when our resources are limited. Despite…

Last week, a few of my colleagues and I had the pleasure of attending Change Philanthropy’s Unity Summit, a biennial gathering that now brings together more than 1,000 Philanthrofolk—philanthropic equity…

This year has been an exhausting year of multiple intersectional crises. We’ve seen everything from earthquakes in Puerto Rico to ravenous wildfires on the West Coast, all amidst a global…

In this conversation, Aaron Walker, Founder and CEO of Camelback Ventures, and Afi Tengue, VP of Philanthropy and Impact at Giving Compass, examine and debunk the myths that plague the social sector and…

It’s not the philanthropist’s intention to make life harder; it simply happens because no one is paying attention. Here are some of the most common examples: 1. Developing complex grant…

With five colleagues from across the country, Adam Erickson and Irfana Jetha Noorani recently launched Vital Little Plans —an artist collective and giving circle that supports equitable, creative and vital…

There’s an indisputable link between charitable giving and the social norms that guide our behavior. People are more likely to engage in giving when others do so as well. Think…