This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · This report of the ‘Building Resilience of the Urban Poor’ initiative provides an unbiased evaluation of the project’s opportunities, success, and failures. · What success have come…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · PhilanTopic discusses the best practices and techniques to use in order to ethically research behavioral science, avoid bias, disclose funding and analyze data. · How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Although climate change has become a common topic of discussion, Elsa Wenzel from GreenBiz suggests approaching the subject from a social angle. Here, she provides a variety…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Migration Policy Institute shares policy solutions to increase volunteers and sponsors for resettlement and integration agencies. • How can funders work to encourage more volunteers and sponsors for resettlement…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ofira Bondorowsky, writing for Charity Navigator, discusses why donors must support nonprofits that are failing forward, and looking to innovate the sector by taking risks. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nicki Minaj is paying for a select few college students’ tuition fees as part of an initiative called Student of the Game. • How does celebrity action…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Jon Stryker, founder and President of the Arcus Foundation, discusses why he doesn’t demand high praise or named credit for his charitable contributions. • Stryker further…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Reaching the Last Mile Forum in Abu Dhabi convened leaders and global health funders to understand the efforts to eradicate diseases that are straining health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving locally offers a powerful opportunity to deepen impact, test scalable interventions, increase accountability, and facilitate engagement to make giving more rewarding. When making philanthropic decisions, donors face a dizzying…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Charitable contributions, along with federal nutritional programs are both required to help curb food insecurity. • What food and dietary initiatives are working in your community?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Laurene Powell Jobs, Founder of the Emerson Collective, describes how a brief glimpse at the education system in California in 1994 galvanized her to become a social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Perhaps you already have a vision for how you want to make the world a better place. Maybe the picture in your mind is a little blurry or maybe it’s…