This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are five takeaways from the most recent AVPN virtual conference that dedicated a full day to discussing gender and women empowerment. • How is your…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alison Powell, Willa Seldon, and Nidhi Sahni explore how the growth of global wealth and the emergence of new philanthropists threatens the dominance of institutional foundations.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The memo “Philanthropy and the COVID-19 Response in India” explores the distinctive role philanthropists in India can play to address the crisis. By supplementing government and private sector efforts with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Eva Harder and Skylar Whitman discuss how data can be useful to help schools stay on track, provide teachers with flexibility, offer transparency to parents, and protect…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are seven data insights that can help strengthen nonprofit organizations’ major gifts programs. • How can you communicate openly with nonprofit organizations that you support…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, discusses why a disruption in philanthropy is necessary and calls for individuals and corporations to examine their complicity in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of my favorite stories about my then-three, now six-year-old daughter, is about the time she went to the park with her mom, my spouse. After some time in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In our inaugural “issue” of Animal Philanthropy, we introduced one of Animal Grantmakers’ founding members in “Andrew Rowan: A Visionary Leader in Animal Protection Philanthropy (Part I of II).” In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Larry Cuban shares his concerns about private donors out-sized impact in pursuing school improvements. · How are donors reforming education in the U.S.? What can be done…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last month, I had the privilege of speaking on a webinar hosted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) to discuss its recent research report, Funder Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic. As I’ve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our endowment remains untouchable because it is kind of unthinkable to touch it. The best reason not to spend an endowment is that things might get worse – and then…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Katie Boswell, writing for NPC, discusses how funders can rebalance power dynamics during COVID-19 and beyond by focusing on themselves, their grantees, and their goals. • How…