Union Capital Boston (UCB) founder Eric Leslie had ideas about how to incent his community to participate in local education, housing, and political gatherings. But feedback from local community members upended…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite the stigma associated with mental health issues, BBC News reports that more college students in the UK are seeking help for their mental health because…
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Giving Compass’ Take: • According to Global Citizen, more people around the world have a mobile phone than a toilet, but a new campaign from Harpic is hoping to change…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • In this excerpt from Lean Impact, Ann Mei Chang explains how VisionSpring increased their scale by partnering with BRAC to distribute their affordable glasses. • Can your goals be achieved through…
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Giving Compass’ Take: • The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation reports that while the majority of women are getting regular checkups and screenings, poor women and women of color have fewer…
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Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic Philanthropies and Arabella Advisors innovated a grantmaking strategy to catalyze investment capital in order to increase access to affordable, quality health care. • How can other funders…
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Click here for more.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…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • ReThink Health discusses the health sector in philanthropy and argues that enacting sustainable change may mean starting uncomfortable conversations. • While targeted toward healthcare stakeholders, the…
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Giving Compass’ Take: • This report provides an overview of LGBT community health centers in the U.S., including their origins and evolutions. The key finding is that there are significant…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Rebecca Klein describes the burden that the opioid crisis is putting on grandparents, schools and the foster care system as addicted parents fail to care for…
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Click here for more.Mental health is one of the world’s leading global challenges. While half of all mental illness begins by the age of 14, most cases go undetected and untreated. At the…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • The Telegraph notes that up to 1 million children a year die due to micronutrient malnutrition — to address this crisis, there needs to be a close…