Democracy

Giving Compass’ Take: • Melanie Skemer, Cindy Redcross, and Howard Bloom highlight the success of New York City’s Supervised Release Program, an alternative to bail.  • How can funders help bring productive…

Black Americans make up about thirteen percent of the U.S. population, according to the latest Census data. Yet they also make forty percent of the population of people experiencing homelessness…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Transit agencies need federal funding relief to help address losses during COVID-19. However, if there are cuts or these requests are denied, it will be a…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Lucy Bernholz, Director of the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford University, discusses digital civil society and how it relates to the future of democracy, philanthropy,…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Luis Cruz argues that high quality data could help the U.S. have more equitable higher education policies to prepare students for the changing workforce, which will…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Peace Gwam, Ananya Hariharan, and Carlos Martín highlight the shortcomings of existing federal disaster policy and urges improvements that incorporate racial and economic equity.  • What role…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Bloomberg Philanthropies created the What Works Cities initiative that supports local city governments who use data and evidence-based management. • How can donors support cities and…

Giving Compass’ Take: • A recent analysis helps identify consumers’ preferences in funding climate action which can help inform policy on how to address climate change and promote action.  •…

Giving Compass’ Take: • There needs to be more transparency in disclosing climate risk and impact across capital markets, which starts with stakeholders playing a role in improving these processes…

In the summer of 2019, Elizabeth Bell’s apartment building in San Francisco’s Mission District went up for sale, and real estate agents were soon giving tours to prospective developers. As…

There are more than 11 million Asian Americans who are eligible to vote (almost 5% of the nation’s eligible voters), but it’s taken hard work to get to this point.…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Austin Clemens and Michael Garvey detail the need for data to be disaggregated by race and ethnicity and offer ways to accomplish this.   • What role can you…