This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Smart Risks is a book about the importance of small grants and the impact they have on grantees and funders. • Do you think that the grantee-funder relationship…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amazon will be shutting down its TenMarks program which allows teachers to buy digital and instructional materials for their classrooms. • How will this impact the way educators…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • GoMkt is a new app that lets patrons buy unsold food items to address the issue of food waste. It’s an example of private sector innovation combating…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Noncommunicable diseases such as cancer and diabetes are increasing in Africa. However, it is challenging to obtain sufficient funding needed to address these diseases. • How can philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Louisiana’s TOPS scholarship was intended to support low-income students through college, but because of rising costs of tuition, the scholarships are primarily used by well-off white families. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Broadband is the primary infrastructure need of Americans. • Who is most impacted by lack of broadband access in America? Why hasn’t political momentum matched national…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • College campuses are a rising source of political activism. Even as students face pushback, they are taking on major political issues. • Why are student protesters…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At some point in the life of most good-sized family foundations, the board will need to hire a chief executive officer. (For simplicity, CEO is used here to refer to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A digital learning chat included discussions about the potential uses and challenges of artificial intelligence in higher education. • Have you seen higher education institutions implementing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vu Le’s latest Nonprofit AF blog posts identifies various buzzwords and phrases we all drive into the ground at work, with some funny suggestions on what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Eric Newton from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism gives advice to Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan on investing in journalism and literacy worldwide. • It may…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Merging USAID’s disaster offices is a move with potential for positive and negative change. ASking the right questions can help to keep the process moving in…