This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sherece Y. West-Scantlebury shares two biases that keep foundations and funders from aligning their purpose and investments. • What is holding you back from aligning your mission…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Blue Avocado post gives some advice for organizations who may have to handle frustrated or disgruntled volunteers; it’s always best to be responsive, rather than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Annie E. Casey Foundation is committed to investing in opportunities that will strengthen entrepreneurs of color and build community and family wealth. • There is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Scott Warren, writing for The 74, explores how adults can make fundamental transformations that will encourage kids to lead active political lives through civic engagement. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Freeleaf is a handmade accessory brand that offers employment to women at risk of sexual exploitation. • What are other support systems in place for women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Social entrepreneur, Rohit Nayak, discusses his plans to create sustainable alternatives to plastic bags as a way to address India’s plastic crisis. • While this social…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this video from Climate One, John Holdren, Harvard professor of environmental science and policy, discusses how he believes that addressing climate change is doable, but…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This B the Change post discusses how we can be more proactive as social change leaders by practicing generative tension — creating a vision of where…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Kate Hooper explain the strengths and weakness of points-based and demand-driven systems for selecting economic immigrants. • Which solution is more appropriate for the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Doris Meissner and Sarah Pierce lay out intermediate- and long-term policy solutions to effectively address the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. • Why is it so difficult to get…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Earlier in the year, the Indian parliament amended the Right to Education Act, known as the No-detention Policy, which guaranteed enrollment through class one to eight,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In impoverished rural areas, sufficient funding for school facilities is much more difficult to obtain compared to districts with a strong tax base. • The author…