This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This piece from Africa Portal gives an overview of the philanthropic landscape in Africa, in terms of both big foundations and smaller grassroots organizations — and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bloomberg Philanthropies explains how they worked with Oklahoma City to improve data use to improve public projects, particularly infrastructure. • How can funders use this model to improve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Advocacy in family philanthropy is important for philanthropists seeking to address mounting issues of inequality or for those who recognize that funding direct services alone is not enough to create…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses the rise of Big Indicators — essentially a detailed pulse-taking on global systems — and how they will influence the way…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Luis Hestres explains how climate activists decided on the “keep it in the ground” strategy to fight fossil fuel infrastructure development, and the success they have had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ellen P. Aprill uses the example of the Trump Foundation to illustrates the limits of charity regulations. She believes that in spite of self-serving donations, the foundation probably avoided…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Sonia Shah explains how infrastructure improvements can eliminate malaria around the world the way they have in the United States. • How can this solution work in a larger…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Simran Jeet Singh, writing for The 74, discusses Gurbir Singh Grewal, New Jersey’s first Sikh attorney general, and provides a brief history of the religion. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jennifer Mercieca explains the importance of enthymemes and how words can hold different meanings for various communities of people. She goes on to examine how people in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Around the world, 769 million people are living in extreme poverty. With the definition differing among countries, Global Citizen reports that a UN investigator will be investigating…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Carl Cohn explains how the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence is working to build a system of support for California schools, beginning with issues including prison education and special education. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cassper Nyovest is a thoroughly South African artist with undeniable global influences and is using his music to push the civil rights movement in South Africa. Music has…