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    How Civil Society Can Rise to the Urgency of a Crisis

    India Development Review May 7, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are four key ways that civil society can help respond to the COVID-19 crisis and put pressure on the Indian government to provide services. •…

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    Authentic Social Impact Requires Action Across Organizations

    Stanford Social Innovation Review May 7, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • To inspire others and create authentic social impact, business leaders must tap employees from all organizational levels and take calculated steps to bring about results in…

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    Finding the Long-term Solutions for Food Banks During the Pandemic

    VolunteerMatch May 7, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Food banks need more volunteers and a long-term solution to help sustain the need for food in the wake of COVID-19.  • How can cross-sector partnerships…

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    The Role of Family Offices in Building the Impact Investing Ecosystem

    The Economist

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Liesel Pritzker Simmons shares how family offices can take advantage of their flexibility to deploy different types of capital to build the impact investing ecosystem through support…

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    Capital Aggregation: Aligning Impact Investments to Capital Markets

    Stanford Social Innovation Review

    Giving Compass’ Take: •  More philanthropists and institutions can explore impact investments that meet capital market demands and match them with an individual’s interests.  • Who are successful philanthropists that…

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    Why We Invested in Impact Investing’s Tipping Point Fund

    Medium

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Writers from the Omidyar Network discuss their journey working alongside impact investors, from philanthropies to family offices to corporate leaders, to launch the Tipping Point Fund (TPF). • What role can funds…

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    The Downside of Using Technology to Help Refugees

    Migration Policy Institute

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Although technology has provided a platform for immigrants and refugees to share their stories, digital litter has made it hard to identify the truth. Here, Meghan Benton…

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    $90 Million Fund to Address Global Climate Change through Catalytic Capital

    MacArthur Foundation

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This story highlights the impact investing collaborative, Terra Silva, that will expand opportunities for commercial investment in sustainable forestry and agriculture by pioneering new investment models,…

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    Catalytic Philanthropy for Public Health

    Stanford Social Innovation Review

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Mark R. Kramer explains how philanthropy can make an impact on public health through catalytic grants, using the example of Siebel Systems Inc. founder Thomas Siebel. • How might…

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    How Chinese Social Entrepreneurs Addressed the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Skoll May 6, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The virtual Skoll World Forum highlighted how Chinese social entrepreneurs efficiently mobilized resources, integrated information, and connected communities in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  •…

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    The Importance of Sustainability Skills in the Workplace

    GreenBiz May 6, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Sustainability recruiters shed light on why companies are encouraging hiring employees that will focus on sustainability and ESG efforts of a company.  • How are you…

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    Combatting Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding

    Stanford Social Innovation Review May 6, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Echoing Green and The Bridgespan Group teamed up to research and address the significant barriers for leaders of color facing racial bias in philanthropic funding.  • How…

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