This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors provides a guide for those starting out in the impact investing field based on three stages: Prepare, build and refine. • Even those…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • HealthLeaders reports on a specialized venture fund called Vantedge Innovation Alliance, which vets ideas, supports innovation development and provides commercialization services. • Could this be the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bikalp Chamola, Gyanesh Nanore and Sanjiv Phansalkar argue that India’s digital inclusion initiative is focused on companies, not users, preventing digital empowerment. • How can funders help to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Edward E. Rhine, Joan Petersilia, and Kevin R. Reitz provide policy recommendations for improving parole release. • What are the current parole release policies in your area?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Below is a book list that details the lives and experiences of powerful women in 2018, from Michelle Obama to Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first U.S. Olympian to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sammy Blair, writing for Food Tank, interviews Kevin Mullins, co-founder of Food Rescue US (FRUS), an app that helps deliver food to insecure families that would otherwise go to waste. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to experts, Betsy DeVos’ new Title IX regulations lack clarity, leaving school officials questioning their legal obligations regarding sexual harassment and assault cases on college campuses. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why do many impact investors, who seek social, environmental, and economic returns on patient timelines, park customer insight at the door when they want to achieve multiple bottom lines? There…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Stanford Social Innovation Review article explores the growing confusion about impact investing’s key principles and practices — and how we might be able to clear things…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • ideas42 shares five behavior insights gleaned in 2018 that are creating an impact and are ripe for further implementation. • How can funders help local government adopt effective nudges like…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Meridian Swift shares her experience working at nonprofits that failed to fully engage their volunteers, limiting the impact of the volunteer program. • How can funders support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Senegal Alfred Mabry, writing for Governing Magazine, believes we can achieve equity in education through comprehensive policy that engages students of color in the policy-making process. • How…