This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Felix Salmon argues that the high-risk global-scale long-term philanthropy efforts favored by tech giants unethically ignore the suffering of humans today. • Scalability and upstream solutions are core tenants…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Requiring parents to cooperate with the child-support program to receive SNAP benefits is extremely expensive and ineffective. • What is a better way to encourage child-support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation is the legacy of Howard Dobbs, Jr., a lifelong Atlantan who was a respected businessman, a civic leader, and a generous philanthropist. He did…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here is a Q&A about next-generation board members and their traveling expenses. Q: We have a next-generation board with five college-age family members who travel from all around the country…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author discusses how to effectively implement new technology programs into government systems using intrinsic motivation, choice architecture, and feedback/transparency. • How do nudge strategies help change human behavior?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Neil Grimmer, a successful serial entrepreneur, shines a light on how he builds his B corporations which focus on health, nutrition, and access to helpful resources. • In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Strategic branding can help nonprofit organizations to increase their impact, cohesion, and capacity. However, there are a few roadblocks on the path toward developing internal branding that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New Markets Venture Partners finally closed its latest fund for Edtech education tools in late April, but plans to invest in recapitalization rounds for education companies. • What are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alliance for Strong Families and Communities researched the financial data of a variety of nonprofit organizations offers insight as to how nonprofit organizations and the social sector…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Devex reports on the United Nations’ Centre for Humanitarian Data and how it will work as a comprehensive resource for those in aid responses. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As AI technology continues to grow, harnessing its power for the good of humanity will be difficult but vital. Will Byrne outlines potential pitfalls and opportunities for AI. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Education technology leaders have come out in support of net neutrality siting the difficulty they would have dealing with providers without it. Public libraries are concerned that…