This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Saralyn Cruickshank highlights the features of Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 map. • What does the data look like in your community? • Find COVID-19 funds to support. A…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Having firmly committed ourselves to recognizing and combating systemic racism and having made that a fundamental goal of our philanthropy…we must do our part to support not only our own…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the coronavirus pandemic intensifies, philanthropists are struggling to respond. Nearly the entire world suddenly has the same urgent needs: more and better diagnostic testing, personal protective and respiratory equipment, food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. News last week that Donor-advised Funds (DAFs) saw a surge in March disbursements (up to 120 percent) in response to COVID-19 is just one indicator of an edge that individual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More students are filing financial aid appeals due to the economic impact of coronavirus on their finances. SwiftStudent is a website that can help inform them of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Federal assistance for utility costs would be helpful and necessary for families struggling to pay their bills during the pandemic. • The author suggests that long-term…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An environmental toxicologist explains how wood smoke exposure can put firefighters in extra danger battling coronavirus. • As summer approaches, and wildfire season is already starting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stay-at-home orders have put a strain on early childhood education programs that are unable to move to online platforms or provide distance learning. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are four ways that cities around the globe are responding to the impact of COVID-19 on their local communities. • How can donors support and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 is already defining our world — economically, culturally, and politically — and how we connect to each other. It calls into question all that we have practiced and opens…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’re all feeling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the stay home orders that state governments have issued. By staying home we’re keeping ourselves and others safe, but staying…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Matthew Swayne explains that the COVID-19 related deaths will create health, mental health, and economic issues for survivors. • How can you work to create support within your…