This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sunlight Foundation reports on how the city of Baton Rouge, LA, has been giving its residents access to the data they collect, bringing the community into…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • CEO of the Obama Foundation David Simas offers insights into how NGOs and other organizations that are threatened by the growing populism movement can work to resist…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Governing Magazine reports on Trump’s infrastructure plan, while economists weigh in on its efficiency and possible outcomes, along with the current status of the US infrastructure.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There has been a number of arguments centered around the current age requirement for voting. YES! Magazine discusses the #Vote16 movement and how the younger generation can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Medium touches on disconnected youths and the pivotal role they play in the future of America. In an attempt to lower future numbers and turn lives…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The responsibility of contraception has long been placed on the women, with the only form of birth control available for men being a condom. Now, as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mike Bloomberg is investing an additional $42 million in What Works Cities programs in order to utilize data and evidence to improve cities. Bloomberg Cities spoke with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In an interview with India Development Review, Oxfam India’s CEO Amitabh Behar discusses how new technologies are helping nonprofits from a management standpoint, but that the human…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The Conversation discusses how policy change or security isn’t enough to address school shootings and makes the case that an educational response is needed as well.…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Experts at Skoll World Forum discussed the state of democracy and steps that can be taken to prevent its downfall. • How can philanthropy best support democracy?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Devex, Thousand Currents communications director Jennifer Lentfer discusses the complications of aid organizations aligning with social movements: Where are the conflicts of interest? •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The American middle class has been struggling. Here, the Brookings Institution discusses how to help those in the demographic and also ways to bring more people…