This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Rockefeller Foundation is taking steps to improve urban resilience infrastructure by setting an indsutry standard for resilience, and then building infrastructure that will meet community…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Governments and universities have secure access for researchers to look at administrative data labs, and this data infrastructure should be expanded to nonprofits organizations as well. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Terri Lynn Helge describes various companies, universities, and nonprofit organizations that have trouble cutting ties with funders who may have questionable ties or backgrounds. • How should…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Paul Sullivan discusses how charitable giving has become concentrated among the wealthy and how their politics are impacting philanthropic organizations. • Should politics be left at the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Asia could be the epicenter for a seismic shift in the way capital markets create value, profitably and sustainably. This article writes on 3 ways sustainable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Global Health Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria recently asked world leaders to collectively help contribute $14 billion to achieve the targets for HIV/AIDS,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women’s and girls’ issues have received increased attention in recent years, but for a number of reasons, quantifying charitable giving to these causes has been challenging. Until now. With the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Five cities are going to replicate the successful Providence Talks early childhood education program, winner of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge, an innovation competition for cities. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: • Matteo Vidiri at AVPN discusses the importance of finding a common language to build a bridge between the worlds of bankers and philanthropists in order to have successful…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving in the U.S. has long correlated with the up and down pattern of the nation’s economy. But what about an economy in which the most glaring “trend” is not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Anthony J. Marsella does a deep dive into the nature of privilege, education advantage, historic and cultural traditions, and areas where privilege is abused. • How can education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chantal Forster and Satonya Fair discuss how the lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion training for operations staff can negatively impact a foundation. • How can…