This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rebecca Klein reports that advocacy groups have sued the Department of Education for failing to disclose records related to their decision to use federal funds to arm…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Angela Howe at the Surfrider Foundation explains that there has been movement on federal plastics legislation with the Save Our Seas Act being passed through Congress and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The World Bank’s 2018 “Doing Business” report found that across the globe, when business environments improve, so does job growth, strengthening the economy. • What are the main challenges for countries…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Futurity post discusses a new study which shows how neighborly outreach and positive attitudes foster stronger community relationships. • How can we develop these neighborhood…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • News Deeply reports on a community-developed savings group in Kenya that is empowering Kenyan women by providing them with financial stability and independence. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Amy Wolf-Vanderbilt explains how gaps in age, gender, and diversity between the Republican and Democratic parties may increse voter discrimination. · How can we address discrimination…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This video from the Surfrider Foundations explains the potential impacts of the Trump Administration’s repeal of the existing National Ocean Policy to be replaced by a policy favoring business.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Australia-based publication The Mandarin discusses the rise of randomized evaluations and how they’ve changed the game for impact measurement in philanthropy. • This piece highlights the…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this podcast from the RAND Corporation, political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh and William P. Getty, president of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, discuss the consequences of truth decay…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristen Parker reports that research suggests that political polarization has been getting worse since the 1970’s, and will continue to do so. • How can funders work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Financial security impacts all aspects of our lives—education, health, employment, homeownership and passing on a legacy to future generations. Inequality By the Numbers According to the Prosperity Now Scorecard, nearly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A.R. Siders discusses the problems of government-funded buy-out programs that are intended to prevent repetitive loss from natural disasters and how they can be improved through streamlining and…