This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sara Grossman reports on the devastating racial wealth gap that white elites so frequently sweep under the rug. • How do historically discriminatory policies reinforce the cycle…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • SmartAsset released a new study of 2020 Census self-response rates in U.S. cities and states, finding that coronavirus has significantly impacted the responses and has highlighted the digital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jennifer Kavanagh and Michael D. Rich discuss the consequences of “truth decay,” the blurring of the line between fact and fiction, on democracy and political discourse in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Women and girls in Africa face many challenges brought on by the pandemic, prompting African governments to utilize a gender lens when creating policies in crisis…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • No More Martyrs is an organization working to create support for black women with mental health issues who are far less likely than their white peers to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jerry Jones, at National Alliance to End Homelessness, writes about the importance of effective advocacy in serving the homeless population through coronavirus. • How can the private…