This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite the Latinx community becoming a significant economic, political, and cultural force in America, there is little philanthropic funding for this population. Here are four giving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Building Impact shares two steps that will help build momentum toward social change collaboratively and creatively. • Is social change in philanthropy more difficult for donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Human Rights and Criminal Justice From the right to life and liberty to freedom of expression, human rights are rights that every person across the globe is entitled to. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kiersten Marek analyzes the Women and Girls Index and identifies where philanthropists and grant-makers still need to improve for realizing gender equality. • How can gender issues be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sandisiwe Shoba discusses the growing frustration with inequality in South Africa and how many believe philanthropies aggravate it. • How can philanthropies be cognizant of their own position…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amit Raizada covers the pros and cons of starting a family foundation and discusses the type of positive legacy one can leave through it. • How could a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2019, the U.S. has experienced 10 billion-dollar natural disasters. Three of those disasters were floods in the Midwest along the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas rivers. The Center for Disaster…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ben Hecht, writing for Medium, explores how philanthropy needs to step up in order to address society’s most pressing social issues. • Hecht discusses the success…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Too often global aid institutions struggle to operationalize feedback as more than a box-checking exercise. Their experiences offer three important lessons for those seeking to advance equity in philanthropy and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I have spent the last six months talking mostly to donors about my book, Giving Done Right. But here, I want to address you, nonprofit leaders. And I want to start…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Compensation is often cited as the number one reason an employee leaves his or her job. A close second: lack of development opportunities. In fact, The Bridgespan Group’s 2015 survey of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The moments that foundations set aside to develop program strategies are exciting opportunities for expansive and deep thinking about how to make sustained system change and how to contribute optimally…