This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As policies aim to limit access to safe, legal abortions in the U.S. and around the world, the Global Fund for Women highlights the deadly consequences…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More U.S. school districts are addressing high rates of absenteeism by first addressing county poverty and provide wrap-around services for students that could benefit from them. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are four effective funding strategies for addressing global health and development issues that need creative funding solutions. • How can global health funders better understand…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study shows access to an achievement program called “Manhood Development” significantly reduced the number of black male students who dropped out of high school. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Linda Poon explains how the Tallahassee Engaged in Meaningful Productivity for Opportunity aims to support disconnected youth, contributing to the city’s resilience efforts. • How can funders boost…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Grigory Okhotin and Leonid Drabkin explain how OVD-Info uses feedback to improve their efforts to track politically-motivated prosecutions in Russia. • How can funders support the effective implementation of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define philanthropy? Philanthropy is supporting a cause that you are passionate about. It is understanding what you can commit to in terms of resources – time, intellectual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors explain how values-based innovation can make humanitarian organizations and their work more productive, and the principles to guide this type of development. • The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Oakland Unified School District’s African-American Male Achievement initiative was able to significantly reduce the high school dropout rate of black males. • The effort was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The co-op model in communities provides shared power opportunities in businesses, housing, and resourcing. It is a practice that can successfully address racial equity and the…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this podcast, two Indigenous leaders discuss how their organizations are re-writing the narrative for Native peoples to increase visibility. • How will investment for Indigenous-led…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hideki Matsunaga highlights overarching learnings from the successes and failures in reconstruction efforts in Iraq since 2003. • How can these learnings be applied elsewhere? What additional…