This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Global climate change may seem like an insurmountable challenge, but together, we can protect our planet. Join lifelong sustainable development champion Katie Gilman, Senior Representative, Wilderness Society Energy and Climate Program,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Joe McCarthy discusses The Weeknd’s continuous efforts to address issues such as racial equality, global healthcare, and much more. · How does this action encourage other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Much has been written about our country’s problem with mass incarceration and its devastating impacts on individual lives, families and communities. Despite extensive research showing that incarceration is especially harmful…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Private U.S. foundations give around $10 billion a year to organizations that work on social and environmental problems outside of the country, particularly in Africa, South Asia, and other low-income…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many girls and women, life is one obstacle after another. Consider these staggering statistics: More than two-thirds of the world’s 796 million illiterate people are women At least 500…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Baltimore Museum of Art recently announced that it would only purchase works made by women in the next year in an effort to be more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • GlobalGiving’s Smart Giving 101 Guide explores 10 giving myths and how philanthropists can work to overcome them. • How will this information help inform your giving? •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here is a checklist from GlobalGiving’s Smart Giving Guide that encourages donors to give with impact and explains how to do so. • Are you already…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Fast Company takes a look at the rapid rise of flash funding, how it has encouraged giving, and how crowdfunding has impacted the philanthropic sector. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Kiley Arroyo takes a look at how different disciplines are adopting an ecological paradigm to advance transformative justice and influence positive change in living systems. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sharon Bissell at the MacArthur Foundation describes the rise of Mexican civil society, and the continued work of the foundation to protect human rights. • How have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a small plot of land in the province of Chuy in Kyrgyzstan, a group of women farmers harvest a bounty of produce: beans, beets, bell peppers, chiles, squash, tomatoes,…