This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite the most recent California ban on willful defiance suspensions, school discipline advocates say that more needs to be done to ensure equitable school reform. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new generation of women-led startups including Trace Genomics is providing novel solutions to agriculture’s problems with tech innovation. • How can we help fund more female…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Katja Iversen, President & CEO of Women Deliver, explains how her conference will showcase how to shift power dynamics, create meaningful youth engagement, and bring people together across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Catherine Gill and Charlotte Wagner define feminist philanthropy as the need to lift women up through solidarity and mutual empowerment. • How does your work align…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define philanthropy? For me, philanthropy is about connections and awareness. One reason to be philanthropic is to help build awareness of causes and issues that people need…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Funders for LGBTQ Issues and Schott Foundation created an infographic of the findings that show the challenges for LGBTQ students and how philanthropy can improve LGBTQ education issues. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Below is a regularly-updated list of nonprofit organizations, foundations, projects, and programs that contribute meaningful impact to democracy. These initiatives are exemplary in demonstrating commitment to more effective democratic processes…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this video from the #Solvable series, Siddharth Chatterjee explains how policies and partnerships can provide the training and resources needed to end maternal and child…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Hechinger Report writes on Mississippi’s first rural charter school and the challenges that it faces because of history in the Deep South, as well as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • India Development Review identifies five strategies that enable organizations, individuals and other key stakeholders in the social development world to work effectively together, even when their interests…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Darren Byler explains how China uses smartphones and the internet to track, censor, and punish the Uighurs, a Muslim minority ethnic group. • How can funders work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pape Gaye, writing for Forbes, describes challenges for NGOs to adapt to localization of global development issues, as well as some ideas for innovative solutions. • How…