This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2011, two of us, John Kania and Mark Kramer, published an article in Stanford Social Innovation Review entitled “Collective Impact.” It quickly became the most downloaded article in the magazine’s history.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food insecurity is defined as a limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate food. The research also shows that veterans with medical and trauma-related conditions, as well as unmet social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When her two young sons began to develop an interest in robotics, Ashley Lomboy began looking for STEM programs in her area. Lomboy, a member of the Waccamaw Siouan tribe,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 1968, when the Urban Institute was founded, “our cities were on fire,” says Jamie Gorelick, chair of Urban’s board of trustees, in a video commemorating Urban’s 50th anniversary. “The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From climate change and urbanization to inequality and the jobs lost to automation, today’s biggest problems are complex and connected. Yet by and large, public servants are still forced to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Growing up in public housing in North Charleston, S.C., in the 1970s, David Hayward was familiar with poverty, violence and loss. His mother, grandmother and brother all died when he…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kathleen E. Grogan discusses the numerous areas where gender bias restricts the success of female STEM professionals and how the scientific community can address these biases.…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Experts at Fred Hutch discuss prevalent racial health gaps in breast cancer and other diseases, as well as strategies to narrow these gaps. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than one billion people around the world live with a disability. At some point, most of us will likely experience a temporary, situational, or permanent disability. Employment and education rates are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For those of us who have participated in a half-century of powerful activism by people with disabilities, a familiar slogan summarizes our call to action: Nothing about us without us. As…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For years now, researchers at RAND have documented the enormous toll that sexual harassment and assault have on the men and women of the U.S. military. In a recent report, they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Philanthropy can play a role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 but has to embrace the various complexities. · How is philanthropy addressing local issues…