This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · With funding from Richmond Global Compass, the Social Progress Imperative will be launching a new initiative to research the influences of social and environmental factors on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chef Suzy DeYoung founded LaSoupe, a nonprofit organization that collects leftover produce in order to make soup and then freeze and re-distribute it in an effort to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • On June 8, 2018, Anthony Bourdain passed away at the age of 61 (the reported cause of death was suicide). The world lost a true pioneer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The ocean covers nearly four-fifths of our entire planet — but it has gotten less than one percent of all philanthropic funding since 2009. Why? The answer is enormous. “It’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As there have been numerous floods in Houston, city planners are figuring out ways to structure and redesign the city so that it will become more resilient. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Discovery schools are leading the way toward net-zero energy buildings in which they make as much energy as they use. Students can learn about how this process works…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Daniel Bernhard from the Toronto consulting agency Mushroom Cloud discusses ways that nonprofits can attract younger talent to their ranks: Embrace innovation. • How many organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • It has been over a year since the Trump Administration pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement. Since then, federal efforts to address climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Center for High Impact Philanthropy analyzed methods of preventing childhood obesity and found successful approaches. This PDF contains examples of projects that made an impact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Journey is Ours profiles a tourism company in Costa Rica called Bodhi Surf + Yoga, which adheres to a mission of sustainability and promoting a pro-conservation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Philanthropy Workshop talks about how environmental scientists should take the occasional “strategic pause” in their work in order to look at the big picture and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The UN released the TEEB for Agriculture & Food (TEEBAgriFood) report outlining the health and environmental cost of food production around the world. • How can…