This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review explores how emerging organizations, even the small ones, can help advance social progress. • Systems change is never easy, but it makes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hundreds of factors can impact the success of a nonprofit organization. Or is it thousands? Once we start listing everything that can make the difference between nonprofit success and failure,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Linda Jacobson explains how North Dakota is measuring student engagement as an indicator of school success to fulfill an ESSA requirement. • Should other states be using this indicator?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Clifton Leaf explains how an experimental vaccine developed by a for-profit company helped avert a potential Ebola disaster. • How can businesses orient their decision-making around social good as well…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Matt Barnum explains that the abundance and availability of data from North Carolina make it a popular state for education research. Other states need to improve their data…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sam Bloch explains how the Trump Administration move to slash the USDA’s independent research arm is a continuation of the administration’s hostility toward science. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joseph Darius Jaafari describes how nonprofits are using virtual reality to promote empathy and healing to further their causes. • What other areas would benefit from VR application?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Trump has vowed to repeal the Johnson Amendment, a move that — if successful — would strike down the rules that prevent nonprofit organizations from electioneering. In 2013, I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Horizon Magazine reports on the smartphone apps and wearable technology that taps into a user’s emotions, offering customized ways of helping people cope with mental illness.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses systems change in the context of criminal justice reform. Early stage organizations can bring new tactics to solve old problems —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Forbes profiles Benevity, a Canadian-based company that helps corporations improve opportunities for employee giving and volunteering through tech solutions. • It’s clear that Corporate Social Responsibility…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More grant funding is necessary for direct service organizations engaging with patients who suffer from substance abuse problems, particularly surrounding the opioid crisis. • Kathleen Kelly Janus found…