This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author shares insights into how funders can alter their behaviors to orient grantees toward the Sustainable Development Goals and scale solutions. • How will focusing on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Fragile States Index examines five countries: Iraq, Mexico, Poland, United States, and Yemen to look at noticeable trends between 2017 and 2018 as well as areas…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Food Take interviews Dr. Barbara Gemmill-Herren, an agroecology consultant for the World Agroforestry Centre, about her part in the new TEEBAgriFood report concerning the realities of today, and the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Causeartist discusses Durell Coleman’s Design the Future, a week-long program that focuses on teaching students in high schools the “how” behind changing the world. · How does design…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hannah Dunphy shares how the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Mali (CVJR) is working to overcome the county’s history of violence and ongoing conflict. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fatemah Khavari is an Afghan refugee living in Sweden and started the Ung I Sverige (Young in Sweden) movement to stop the deportation of unaccompanied refugee minors. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Funding peacebuilding movements is an investment in a better society. There are funding groups specifically made for peacebuilding movements but makes up only a small percentage of philanthropic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In a society where technology continues to advance and play a larger role, it’s reasonable to have concerns when artificial intelligence in involved in the criminal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ali Wyne argues that superpowers can only truly occupy the global stage if they embrace a vision of world affairs, as the United States did following WWII…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jan Masaoka argues that the professionalization of the nonprofit sector has been to the detrimental, and that going forward reclaiming the title of the volunteer sector is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ take: • David Brooks discusses the power of civil society to reconnect communities, which he sees as a solution to the spectrum of political and societal issues of today. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Josh Stearns explains why a strong fourth estate is essential to democracy and how foundations are working to build it. • How has the fourth estate been…