This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, public schools identified a record 1.5 million children and youth experiencing homelessness this year – roughly the population of Dallas, Texas. We anticipate the pandemic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Facing the prospects of mass layoffs after the COVID lockdown this March, Neighborhood Health Center in Oregon came up with an ingenious solution to keep all its employees on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late August, the Raikes Foundation announced our new Black Leadership & Power Fund. It was a major accomplishment for our team at a time when many of us were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Seven in 10 of the 478,600 people in prison in Indian jails are under trial, according to the 2019 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on prisons released in August 2020. Only 14 countries in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite the historical inattention to the needs of trans communities from mainstream philanthropy, I am grateful to a small group of plucky, pioneering transgender-led funders like the Trans Justice Funding Project (TJFP),…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This article from The Marshall Project shares a story from a past inmate who became a prison firefighter and how it changed his life for the better. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Beedof Abireh talks with Global Citizen about how to address violence and neglect towards girls in Nigeria, who face a series of injustices on a daily…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s okay for women to create personal wealth, understand financial management, start and grow businesses, run successful social enterprises, enjoy financial security and go beyond simply taking care of their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The deaths of more than 350 migrants in the 2013 sinking of an overloaded smuggling vessel off the Italian island of Lampedusa shocked the world and reignited debate over the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of 2019, about 2.7 million Indian immigrants resided in the United States. Today, Indian immigrants account for approximately 6 percent of the U.S. foreign-born population, making them the second-largest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As recently as last fall, analysts confidently forecasted similarly record-breaking levels of participation in the 2020 presidential election. Fast forward 12 months and, needless to say, things have changed. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “What would it look like if we decided to find and fund local organizations applying themselves to bringing value to their communities?” The question came from American philanthropist Andy Bryant,…