This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What must we do today and what are we obliged to consider for the future? In the present, we can begin by considering the capital that is at the disposal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Data from Exponent Philanthropy highlights that funder communities are pivoting strategies to respond to COVID-19 by engaging in flexible funding practices and increasing budgets. • Will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Treatment and recovery organizations that help individuals experiencing drug and alcohol addiction need support more than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. • How are you adapting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kyle Legleiter and Jake Williams explain how the Colorado Health Foundation created and endowed Healthier Colorado to advocate for health policy changes. • How can other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors at the MacArthur Foundation discuss philanthropy’s ability to provide catalytic capital to drive profit and impact for enterprises in need. • Catalytic capital is an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bridgespan prides itself on being an impact-driven organization. We launched 20 years ago with a vision of how we might help make the world a better place. Hundreds of people…
Henry McCance tapped the skills and passions of his two daughters to set up the McCance Family Foundation. What drives his philanthropic ambition? “Maybe this comes from my father and his values,” he responds. “Toys like big…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Seattle Foundation has been on the lookout for more opportunities to support new investment tools that help people who have been locked out of traditional capital by investing in lenders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here, experts weigh in on how COVID-19 will implicate and change philanthropy and charitable giving for the foreseeable future. • In what ways has your giving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Laura Tomasko explains that impact investments could help fill funding gaps for small businesses and nonprofit organizations that do not have access to loan assistance or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Maya Winkelstein shares lessons learned working with nonprofit and social enterprise partners that center around risk management and the challenges with charitable giving. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jeff Raikes, writing for Forbes, explains how philanthropy can enhance democracy rather than replace it, by funding causes that directly support more equitable and representative systems. …