This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Finally, we are having the difficult, candid conversations about racism in America, but why is murder the forcing function? The unjust killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pro-immigrant and refugee nonprofit organizations are underfunded in the U.S., according to research from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP). The organization, which educates foundations on issues that impact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Protests around the world are highlighting the worth of urban parks and public spaces for civic engagement. However, city budgets are in danger of being cut,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Catherine Crystal Foster, writing for Medium, discusses how this moment can bring about positive change if we can share resources, listen to each other, and donate thoughtfully. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are promising initiatives that are effectively scaling progress of responses and relief efforts to COVID-19 across the globe. • What is the role of donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The head of infectious diseases at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo answers key questions about how to protest safely…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kathleen Enright, writing for Council on Foundations, discusses how philanthropy should work to fix a broken system that alienates people of color and disproportionately strikes these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our democracy is at a crossroads. Nearly 70 percent of Americans say false news and information impact their confidence in government institutions. Individuals are reluctant to provide information for the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the most recent Point-in-Time data analyzed in The State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition, 2016 began a trend in the number of individual adults experiencing homelessness, rising annually from that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is, of course, no silver bullet for eradicating racism. But in the spirit of thinking globally while daring to act within the realm of things we can control, foundations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Angela Glover Blackwell shares her insights into the diverse activists working to engage the political process and how this can lead to a robust and authentic civil…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define equity and how much emphasis do you place on advancing equity within your organization and through the grants that you make? How diverse is your board…