This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kirsten Elliott shares three ways to give more effectively to support the causes you care about through the ways that you give. • Are you following these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrew Drazan explains that private philanthropy can address drug addiction issues through funding innovative care models for rehabilitation and addiction research initiatives. • What are the…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Lynn Forester de Rothschild, founder and CEO of the Center for Inclusive Capitalism, explains how policy needs to change to bring about inclusive capital, meaning that the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cyndi Suarez explores the evolution of nonprofit infrastructure and its’ potential trajectory to engage community members and tackle inequity. • How can philanthropists increase civic engagement to gain…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For-profit and nonprofit organizations work in different ways, on different problems, toward different goals — and those differences matter. Here are a few things I think are important as distinguishing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sue Merrilees is a senior advisor at the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This is the first of a two-part blog. Read “Journey of a Philanthropist, Part II”. In May 2018, a gentleman…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Martin Levine at Nonprofit Quarterly writes on billionaire philanthropist John Arnold’s view on donor-advised funds and why the accumulation of resources in DAFs in charitable foundations is…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Lin-Manuel Miranda and Luis Miranda discuss the connections between art, philanthropy, civic engagement, and activism. • How can other funders learn from the work of The MirRam Group? What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In her latest book, Be Fearless, philanthropist Jean Case offers five principles for living a life full of breakthroughs and purpose. We must make big bets, be bold, take risks,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Phil Buchanan at The Center for Effective Philanthropy speaks from his own experiences inside foundation boardrooms and discusses five questions that will allow board members the time…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Good health is a crucial part of our happiness, but it’s also tied to the success of communities and our economy. Yet, across the globe and in the U.S., there…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Ai-jen Poo, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, discusses how justice-based philanthropy can help advance domestic workers and others working in the margins…