This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • WeWork reports on a partnership aiming to help cure Epidermolysis bullosa (a debilitating childhood illness) through the mechanisms of venture philanthropy. • What can other venture philanthropists…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Family caregivers have emerged into health care as a population that needs support and extra resources to help their patients. • What are the challenges in providing training…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Katie Dahlstrom and Helen Medina discuss the role of access to clean water in improving the lives of women and girls around the world. • Where can you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Professor Linda-Gail Bekker is receiving the 2018 Desmond Tutu Award for HIV Prevention Research and Human Rights award for her work fighting HIV in South Africa. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this blog post from The Naked Scientists, Frankie Macrae — a trainee clinical scientist in the Genetics Department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in the UK — documents…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Feedback Labs discusses the value of honesty in nonprofit-related feedback, specifically in the international aid sector. It’s essential, but also rare. • What can we do to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · As coal miners prepare to go to work, Maya Wei-Haas at Smithsonian Magazine explains that the near-obsolete black lung disease is making a comeback even deadlier than before. …
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this PDF, the American Cancer Society breaks down the basic facts surrounding breast cancer – including information about diagnosis, treatment, and racial disparities. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cells in our brains die over time, which is a natural part of aging. However, several neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, accelerate this process, thereby wreaking havoc…
Giving Compass’ Take: • FasterCures identifies roadblocks to curing disease and outlines strategies for philanthropists to improve organizational effectiveness. • What roadblocks are unique to your specific area of interest?…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from Wellcome reveals that long-term efforts to fund medical research pay off. In particular, they highlight work they have done on musculoskeletal diseases. • What issue…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors profiles the END Fund, which aims to fight neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) through a collaborative and systems-oriented approach. • Addressing NTDs is a high impact…