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    Technology Apps Collaborate to Connect Users To Food Banks

    Fast Company Aug 16, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • PawnGuru teamed up with FoodFinder, a nonprofit app that allows individuals to search for nearby food pantries, to connect people with the resources they need. •…

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    Ensuring That Skilled Volunteers Land with Impact

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Aug 15, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • It is essential to create a set of standards that guide skills-based volunteering projects to ensure that volunteers are truly making an impact. • Without a…

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    Top Seven Myths about Volunteering Debunked

    Volunteer Match Aug 15, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Basil Sadiq, writing for VolunteerMatch, debunks seven myths on volunteering to root out some of the common misconceptions behind donating time. • What is the most…

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    Cybersecurity: A Promising Approach to Project Based Learning

    Getting Smart Aug 14, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Wellington School in Columbus, Ohio provides an extracurricular cybersecurity program to help develop students’ skills in project-based learning.  • What are the key benefits of…

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    La June Montgomery Tabron: Philanthropy’s Urgent Disruptor

    BlackHer Aug 14, 2019

    How do you define philanthropy? I define philanthropy as giving.  This can include giving our wealth, time, or hearts to others. When we speak about the philanthropy of people of…

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    Lisa Green Hall on the Power of Impact Investing

    BlackHer Aug 14, 2019

    How do you define philanthropy? I define philanthropy in the spiritual sense as using one’s time, talent, and treasure to contribute to the common good. There are different ways to…

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    Three Learnings From a Youth-focused Digital Development Project

    psi Aug 14, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • PSI is championing the Huk Mi Plan, a project that creates on- and off-line spaces for women aged 15 to 35 to learn about reproductive health and…

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    Busch Wants to Save Forests With the Promise of Unlimited Beer

    Fast Company Aug 14, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The beer company, Busch, is partnering with the nonprofit National Forest Foundation and is going to plant 100 trees for every person who can find its secret…

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    A Chatbot That Helps Disaster-relief Organizations

    Fast Company Aug 13, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Direct Relief, along with its bot builder, Mind Heroes, have open-sourced their model of a chatbot that offers disaster relief guidance for other nonprofits to use. …

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    Free WiFi Can Help End Extreme Poverty

    Global Citizen Aug 13, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Neku Atawodi-Edun, Google’s plan to bring free, public high-speed wifi to Nigeria could help lift the country out of extreme poverty and add roughly…

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    The Future of Digital Transformation in Africa

    The Rockefeller Foundation Aug 13, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Chukwudi Onike discusses insights from the 2019 Transform Africa Summit into the future of digital transformation in Africa.  • How can funders work to ensure that technological advanced…

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    Approval Voting: Coming to a City Near You

    The Center for Election Science Aug 13, 2019

    Part four of a multi-part series on voting methods. Read parts one, two, and three. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been discussing how Americans across the country can take…

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