This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One day not long after the 2016 US presidential election, a white senior colleague asked me—the only Black tenure-line faculty in my college at that time—how Black people felt realizing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A long history of violence against Native people has led to the disproportionate disappearance and murder of Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people. Families and communities are left devastated, often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Founded in 1993, BAMA Kids, Inc. (Better Activities Make All-Around Kids) began with a coalition for youth development which was formed to address the needs of low-resource youth in Camden,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and, most recently, Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo, are a reminder of how far America has to go to remediate systemic harms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the U.S., only about 31.6 percent of eligible people were fully vaccinated as of Monday morning, and that number varies a lot from place to place — 23.8 percent of Alabamians…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New funders who want to support the best work in reducing incarceration want to know: Where is the right place to plug in? What pieces can we bite off, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Grounded in the belief that women’s economic inclusion is one of the most unexploited opportunities for improving lives, women have become a major focus of development policy over the past…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Some would-be first-year students stayed home out of fear they’d contract the virus or spread it to vulnerable family members. Others stuck around to support siblings with online learning. And…
In 2013, the One Nation Bay Area Project—a collaborative funded by Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Marin Community Foundation and Asian American/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy—released a benchmark…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On any given day in the United States, about 400,000 children are in foster care, living with and cared for by people who aren’t their biological parents. Many have suffered…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Experts at the Migration Policy Institute analyze how the cultural and linguistic competencies of immigrant and refugee health professionals could be better utilized to provide care to a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gifted programs in elementary schools aren’t adequately serving Black and low-income students, research finds. “The potential benefits aren’t equally distributed,” says lead author and University of Florida College of Education…