This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ellen Dorsey explains why the Wallace Global Fund is going to pay out 20 percent of its endowment this year in support of COVID-19 relief and ongoing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • FSG’s Purpose Playbook helps companies create purpose by providing leadership action steps and useful resources. • Why is it essential for companies to pivot toward purposefulness? •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. However, for this, maybe that isn’t a bad thing. Perhaps this abnormal time is an opportunity for board members to let go of some of their perceptions and fears of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, and Maine are all receiving emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Education to spend on either K-12 or higher education. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ideas42 and CARE International collaborated on a program to see how they could use behavioral science to maximize impact of humanitarian cash vouchers programs on women and their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kimberly Springsteen-Abbott, writing for Medium, suggests the various ways that corporate philanthropy can combat employee burnout in the workplace. • What are the characteristics of philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here is a detailed list of corporate donors that are responding to COVID-19 by offering capital and resources for relief efforts. • How can your employer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sarah Butrymowicz reports that Sweden’s voucher program, which is similar to American charter school structures, failed to produce the desired education outcomes. • How could this program,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jovana Djordjevic and Ruby Johnson of FRIDA (the Young Feminist Fund) explain why letting grantees determine priorities through participatory grantmaking helps put power into the right hands.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • James Tefft offers insight on the importance of local government and private sector collaboration in stabilizing food systems during the COVID-19 pandemic. • How can the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine you climbed a high plateau and are looking out over a vast valley landscape. Spread out as far as you can see are lights, buildings, roads, open spaces, transit…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Case Foundation discusses the applications of open source technology to advance digital philanthropy through increased transparency. • Many organizations can be slow to adopt new…