This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bernie Marcus plans to leave 90 percent of his fortune to the Marcus Foundation when he dies and has made clear that he would not like…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • PEAK Grantmaking’s Greater Washington DC regional chapter shares insight on grantmaking legal compliance and streamlining efforts from its 2019 fall membership meeting. • If you have a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fay Twersky, vice president at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, recently launched The Listening Post, a monthly note dedicated to lifting up exceptional ideas, voices, and questions that can help all…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sarah Belnick, writing for PhilanTopic, explains how colleges alone will not be able to meet all students’ basic needs, and that collective investment from community-based, government,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Claire Ballentine provides some helpful tips and tricks from recent publications on maximizing philanthropy and why you should measure the results of your efforts. · How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Naina Subberwal Batra explains that climate-smart investing can be done through sustainable investing and creating a philanthropic environment that welcomes all kinds of capital to work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Monitor Institute, a part of Deloitte Consulting, conducted a study to understand a better future for monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) in philanthropy. • The study…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This social policy research demonstrates how policy officials can use scientific evidence about “what works” to increase governmental program impact. • A performance-based government could help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take • Jenn Taylor reflects on the nonprofit sector’s proclivity for constant change and the downsides of never reaching a maturity or maintenance stage. • How can you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Born during the longest civil war in Ethiopia’s history, I grew up witnessing the perils of a dysfunctional political system. Even at the age of seven, politics had a palpable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kelsey Piper explains that, in the absence of government support, billionaire philanthropy has taken a leading role in reproductive healthcare. • How can access to reproductive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Oceans are a vital part of the earth’s ecosystem and are under threat from climate change. As more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere, the planet is warming. The…