This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This podcast investigates the role of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in the Better Together Commission, and its impact on the community after working with Jackson Public Schools. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dr. Joia Crear-Perry discusses philanthropy’s role in addressing the injustice of Black maternal mortality. • What role can you play in addressing black maternal mortality? • Learn…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Gara LaMarche and Holly Fetter discuss whether it is possible for philanthropy to disrupt the hierarchies that enable it. • How have you benefited from structural advantages? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fist to Five is quality voting. It has the elements of consensus built in and can prepare groups to transition into consensus if they wish. Most people are accustomed to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tory Martin highlights the many ways in which nonprofit organizations are playing an increasingly visible role in our political lives, as pathways into action and as proponents…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael Gordon Voss speaks with Patricia McIlreavy, CEO and president of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, and Fred Kaynor, vice president of business development and marketing at Schwab…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The COVID-19 pandemic will have a lasting and significant impact on mental health around the globe. Fortunately, philanthropy can play a role in scaling community-based interventions.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Question: Why is engaging in public policy important for your foundation? How much policy work do you do, and how central is it to your work? Blue Shield of California…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Deanna James shares personal anecdotes about her time as a Black woman in philanthropy in St.Croix and data that demonstrates the larger problem of racism in philanthropy. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Foundation Source breaks down the pros, cons, and best practices for bringing non-family members into a family foundation. • What could non-family members bring to your foundation? …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael Jarvis explains that more funders are opting for fiscal sponsorship – when a larger tax-exempt organization sponsors a small startup with the same mission. Here…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Community Context The Iu Mien people, originally from the southern part of China, migrated into northern Laos and Thailand from the 19th to the 20th centuries, where their livelihoods depended…