This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Heather Clancy explains how a partnership aims to improve disaster relief and recovery by using AI to better meet community needs. • How can funders support efforts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Adele Peters reports that a new desalination device turns sea water into potable water using only the power of the sun. • How can funders help communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Gautam John argues that nonprofits need to actively diversify their funding sources, and crowdfunding is one way to achieve this to become sustainable. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society released the Doing Good Index 2020 to highlight the role of the social sector in Asia and the potential for greater impact. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Civil society organizations and governments may want to engage in frugal innovation through reuse, repurpose, recomb, and rapid strategies to respond to the COVID-19 crisis effectively. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Urban Institute, Rayanne Hawkins, Heather Hahn, and Alena Stern pinpoint how marginalized communities would benefit from making SNAP benefits accessible online during COVID-19. • How has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lindsay F. Wiley and Samuel R. Bagenstos expose discriminatory impacts of public health policy failures, which place disproportionate burdens on marginalized communities. • How have rigid public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In an excerpt from Dan Heath’s book Upstream, the author explains the “push for zero,” a strategy for change-makers to eliminate issues entirely, starting at the micro level.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Eco-Business, Neo Chai Chin highlights gaps in environmental, social, and governance data that wrongly report high health rankings in meat companies lacking in necessary safety…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to Dennis Pierce at Getting Smart, colleges are working hard to find ways of motivating graduates to still start college this fall despite COVID-19. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier in June, FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds completed our first ever collective giving campaign, which offered our donor-advised fund (DAF) account holders the opportunity to join forces in response to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Reliable access to clean water and sanitation may seem like a given in the U.S., but for many communities of color — already disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 — a lack…