This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Elizabeth Rush at The Guardian discusses climate change and the threats that rising sea levels pose to Florida. • While there are still steps we can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Breanna Draxler, writing for YES! Magazine, provides an overview of the COVID-19 responses from Germany, New Zealand, Brazil, and Nicaragua to highlight what the United States…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Three Harvard Kennedy School graduate fellows discuss the history of philanthropic individual scholarships and fellowships for activists and “change agents.” • There are critiques of leadership development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Timothy Bartik explains that place-based policies are needed to drive employment to reduce regional inequality. • How can funders work to create effective place-based policies to drive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Eugenie Harvey discusses The Funding Network’s unique approach for small grassroots nonprofits to receive donations through a live crowd-funding model. • How can the live crowd-funding model be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Adele Peters reports on the inspiring story of people who saved a forest near Vancouver from logging by donating $3 million to a crowdfunding campaign. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Weihua Li and Humera Lodhi break down how states are tackling (or not tackling) police reform in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. • What role…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Quentin E. Hodgson and Jennifer Kavanagh discuss what is needed to ensure that the 2020 election is secure and that American voters can participate without compromising their health. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Entrepreneurs in Uganda began collecting plastic waste and producing face shields and protective gear for local public hospitals. • How can other entrepreneurs leverage innovation to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this podcast, panelists explore how tech philanthropy can leverage innovation to invest in assets within communities to provide support where necessary. • Tech philanthropy usually…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Indigenous organizer and tribal attorney, Tara Houska, and two social justice funders, Edgar Villanueva and Jason Franklin, discuss funding Indigenous resistance, activism, and organizing. • According to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Scientists at Princeton University are studying the potential for “nanowood” to revolutionize the desalination process and provide access to clean and safe drinking water from the…