This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Wellcome discusses the process in which they decide who to fund and why, emphasizing that everything must be grounded in sound science, but also that projects…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cities are using behavioral science to create nudges that encourage individuals to partake in public services, increasing the use of these services. • How can philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Olam International recently announced AtSource, its supply chain tracking program that it plans to use on all of its products by 2025 to increase transparency and improve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Finland’s basic income pilot provided stipends to unemployed individuals, not the working poor, differentiating it from true universal basic income. The trail was not extended after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Foundations seemed so mysterious to me when I started my career in nonprofits. At the time, back in 1993, I was a novice grantwriter for a tiny Seattle organization called…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When did the Surdna Foundation board first start discussing impact investing? We made our first Program Related Investment in April 2014 but it was nearly 17 years ago that the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Justice Funders is a small organization that serves as a partner and guide for philanthropy. It strives to create a lens of racial, gender, and socioeconomic equality…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Multigenerational giving can be rewarding, but family dynamics can get complicated. With foresight and preparation, family foundations can avoid turmoil. • How can family foundations set appropriate boundaries…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 3More than ever before, giving families are working to involve multiple generations in their philanthropy. According to the National Center for Family Philanthropy’s Trends in Family Philanthropy Study, nearly 3…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Impact investing first entered our lexicon in 2007 and more than a decade later, the practice is at a crossroads. Demand is growing. For many people, “money is a way…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Following the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, more humanitarians and philanthropists are concerned about data privacy. However, many are also examining the opportunities to use data collection to enhance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration (MAVA) provides eight strategies for creating a more inclusive volunteer program for both immigrant communities as well as communities of color. • Why…