This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Supreme Court Justices, Sonia Sotomayor, and Neil Gorsuch, are advocating for civics education in schools and think that it should still be a mandatory part of the curriculum. • Why is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Arabella Advisors discusses how philanthropists will need to work closely with advocates to achieve scale; the benefits of doing so are already apparent. • In this politically…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, and looking at the increase in both school bullying and anti-Semitic incidents in 2017, nonprofits have reason to be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sandra Day O’Connor founded iCivics in 2006, a nonprofit organization that helps students participate in civics education in the classroom. • How can more nonprofits and edtech experts partner…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mattie Quinn reports that as Medicaid work requirements expand, thousands are losing medical coverage. Many of those losing coverage may be eligible but are confused by the process. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · With reported overdoses taking the lives of about 50,000 Americans, the opioid epidemic has led the United States to declare a public health emergency. Ryan Golden at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses a new model for environmental solutions: collaborating with nature in what’s called “Public-Planet Partnerships.” • The purpose is to generate “win-win” scenarios…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. No matter which side of the aisle you lean towards, Americans can all agree on this: A healthy voting process and vibrant civic engagement are essential elements to a functioning…
Giving Compass’ Take: • National Rural Health Association discusses current policy barriers to treating the opioid epidemic and how policy can be structured to best address the issue. • What policy actors…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This report by the Bipartisan Policy Center — funded by Ford Foundation and The Democracy Fund — explores how reducing polling place wait times through increasing resources…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Exponent Philanthropy post, two representatives from Convergence discuss the importance of bridging divides in philanthropy and engaging with perceived adversaries. • Employment is the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Jared Feldschreiber talks with Rachel Nusbaum, an internal journalist for HIAS (formerly the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), about the work HIAS is doing to help resettle refugees and immigrants.…