This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Before President George W. Bush enacted PEPFAR, sub-Saharan Africa was struggling in a war against AIDS. Now, Devex reports that PEPFAR, still fighting against HIV and AIDS,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Business Insider reports on California coffee chain Red Bay, which has created a culture of addressing racial issues by hiring more people of color in high-level…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research featured in ‘The New Normal: Capacity Building During a Time of Disruption’ discusses how well-being should be at the forefront of nonprofit organizations infrastructure, especially because…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The board of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation has been considered weak until recently when they put their CEO on paid leave. Nonprofit Chronicles reports that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Social Velocity, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations discusses their 20-year vision for philanthropy, in which courage, inclusion, collaboration and other big ideas are all common…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There has been a number of arguments centered around the current age requirement for voting. YES! Magazine discusses the #Vote16 movement and how the younger generation can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Two Indiana school districts face some of the same issues, but are treated differently. Chalkbeat talks with civic leaders who say that Gary, a majority-black district,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses how organizations can be more flexible and adaptable by employing a “team of teams,” in which a network of different groups…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Progressive prosecutor reform is on display in a small district attorney race in Durham, NC. The Marshall Project shows that this is a microcosm for the shift…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · An interview done by Chalkbeat reports on how Principal Karen McEwen uses her personal experiences to motivate her students, specifically the discipline issues she had as a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nonprofit AF discusses how the grantee community is often too deferential to funders out of fear that support will be withdrawn, but urges us all to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This Passages issue paper explores the interplay of family dynamics and family governance in family philanthropies, concluding families who think about their governance systems, including how decisions will be made,…