This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tom Popomaronis explains that in the age of social giving, the emergence of online platforms and programs increases the number of ways people can participate in charitable giving. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ben Paynter explains that social media photo-sharing platform, Instagram, lets users broadcast tap-to-donate stickers on their stories, making it easy and accessible for Instagram users to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kathleen Enright, writing for Council on Foundations, discusses how philanthropy should work to fix a broken system that alienates people of color and disproportionately strikes these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our democracy is at a crossroads. Nearly 70 percent of Americans say false news and information impact their confidence in government institutions. Individuals are reluctant to provide information for the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define equity and how much emphasis do you place on advancing equity within your organization and through the grants that you make? How diverse is your board…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Meredith Betz reports that activists are calling on the National Portrait Gallery and other museums to reject BP’s donations the way they have rejected the Sackler’s. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Education technology is not necessarily helping to sustain global education systems during COVID-19. • There is a call to funders to think about long-term solutions and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Participants in the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative from Stanford PACS explore the facets and benefits of donor-advised funds. • Are you utilizing donor-advised funds? • Take a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropy News Digest interviews Tanya Coke, director of Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice at the Ford Foundation, on the complexities of criminal justice reform. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With support from the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, NCFP spent months planning an April retreat in New York for foundations that are planning to spend down or considering the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Demographic data is vital for philanthropic organizations and donors to craft an equitable funding response that fills gaps for communities that are struggling the most. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marta Garcia Abadia, and Johnny Lin provide a cost analysis toolkit to shed light on an often poorly-understood part of the nonprofit sector. • Are your understandings…