This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Migration Policy Institute lays out the history of National Gaurd deployments the southern border and describes how the latest deployment is different, and what the implications…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Bridgespan Group gives us a comprehensive overview of “scalable learning” in the social sector, detailing common mindsets, features and challenges. • Is your organization adapting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Illinois governors enjoy a significant amount of power, far more than other governors. A string of bad governorships led the state into financial chaos. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Developing nations are grappling with their future relationship with GMOs. While several countries have increased food yields and farmer’s incomes, environmental and health risks quell excitement for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New polling data shows falling support – and growing opposition – for school choice, possibly a result of the ‘Trump effect’, according to Deborah Beck. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Trump Administration is pivoting away from Obama-Era regulations that were borrower-friendly to servicer-friendly policies. This shift includes preventing states from imposing their own rule on loan…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Corpus Christi initiated a busing program in response to the Supreme Court decision that desegregation applied to Latino children, as well as black children. The program underwent several…
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: • 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. Giving Compass’ Take: • As Cape Town faced an impending water crisis, the government kicked off the Day Zero campaign to raise awareness about the issue and create water savings,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • On Nonprofit AF, Vu Le discusses the concept of fairness as it relates to nonprofit work and concludes that it’s often diametrically opposed to equity. Those…