This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is supporting research on the COVID-19 pandemic that will address critical data gaps and provide insights. • Are there opportunities for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More foundations are starting to create pooled-funding initiatives to build capacity for nonprofit organizations so that collaboration can increase resiliency and nonprofit effectiveness. • How can individual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Founding member of Animal Grantmakers Andrew Rowan spent most of his early years in Cape Town, South Africa after being born in Zimbabwe and spending three years on Tristan da…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nonprofit Quarterly explores a recent study about executive turnover in the sector and the dangers of judging nonprofit accountability solely by an organization’s budget. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The issues impacting animals are numerous and complicated. Ranging from local and regional to national and global, they affect the full spectrum of animal species, including companion animals, captive and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • CAF America (Charities Aid Foundation of America) is conducting monthly surveys of its charity partners worldwide to understand the impact of COVID-19 and where donors can help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sampriti Ganguli, CEO of Arabella Advisors, highlights three trends in philanthropy that we are likely to see in the next decade. • How are these trends going to…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University brought together 11 experts to share their thoughts about philanthropy trends. • How can funders help nonprofits to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Katherine Haley, senior director of K-12 education programs for The Philanthropy Roundtable, discusses the various strategies education donors are working on to respond to COVID-19. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kaitlin Ahmad, Nathan Dietz, and Robert T. Grimm, Jr., of the University of Maryland’s Do Good Institute, share their observations and data on 21st-century volunteering trends and how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kris Putnam-Walkerly encourages philanthropists to ask four questions to improve their giving. • Are you asking questions to enlighten your giving? How can you work during…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this excerpt from The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid, Raj Kumar discusses the potential…