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    Facts Matter, and Public Data Are Key

    Urban Institute May 27, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: · The authors address the problems with gathering accurate data about the mortgage market and the state of credit posed by COVID-19 and why this information is important…

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    Assessing Job Quality and Equity in Your Local Labor Market

    The Aspen Institute May 26, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Aspen Insitute releases a series that discusses how to measure job quality – with a focus on race, gender, and place – and monitor trends. • How…

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    The CDC’s Plan for a Gradual Return to Transit Operations

    Smart Cities Dive May 22, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristin Musulin summarizes the CDC’s newly released plan to keep employees and travelers safe amidst a slow return to transit operations. • Public transit is important…

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    How Can Funders’ Policy Engagement Practices Match Aspirations? By Centering Equity.

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy May 22, 2020

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s new report, Policy Influence: What Foundations are Doing and Why, provides a welcome snapshot of the sector’s recent approach to policy engagement. Policy Influence highlights a chronic…

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    Four Guiding Principles for Immigration Reform [Video]

    The Heritage Foundation

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Heritage Foundation discusses four guiding principles for American immigration reform that include consent, compromise, patriotism, and law.  • How can this report be used to change narratives…

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    Data Shows Social Distancing Orders Are Effective

    Futurity May 21, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Michelle Samuels explains that shows that social distancing orders – especially those related to bars and restaurants – are effective for keeping people at home.  •…

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    How Collaboration Can Help Foundations Achieve Their Policy Goals

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy May 20, 2020

    When it comes to public policy efforts, foundation leaders believe that collaboration is particularly important. CEP’s recently released report, Policy Influence: What Foundations are Doing and Why, finds that 80 percent…

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    Everyone Benefits from Inclusion Efforts

    Stanford Social Innovation Review May 19, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Angela Glover Blackwell explains how inclusion efforts that focus on one group – like wheelchair users – benefit society as a whole.  • How can funders avoid…

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    Capitalizing On Data And Digital Technology In Nonprofits

    Stanford Social Innovation Review May 18, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Khuloud Odeh and Shena Ashley, at Stanford Social Innovation Review, encourage nonprofits to take advantage of crucuial data and digital technology. • How are you utilizing data…

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    Foundations and Policy Influence: CEP’s New Report

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy May 14, 2020

    Public policy engagement is emerging as a crucial element of the philanthropic response to the COVID-19 crisis. It is especially timely, then, that new research out today from CEP sheds light on…

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    Social Distancing Stabilized But Didn’t Stop the Spread of COVID-19

    Futurity May 13, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • According to recent studies, social distance is stabilizing the spread of COVID-19 infection rates, but more research is necessary to identify practices on what can contract…

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    The State of Political Discourse in the U.S.

    Pew Research Center

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Sara Atske explains that Americans are disappointed with the current state of political discourse in the US, believing is has become less respectful and fact-based.  · How…

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