This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic reports that debt collectors go to great, and sometimes unusual, lengths to collect unpaid medical bills and expenses. • About 43 million Americans have unpaid medical debt…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • When women farmers in Kenya and Burkina Faso have equal representation in the decision-making process surrounding land governance, food security improves and soils are managed more sustainably.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard highlights the Climate Justice Alliance’s Our Power Loan Fund, that aims to build a non-extractive economy by offering non-exploitative loans to people of color,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brenda Richardson explains how the Whitman-Walker Health System and Fivesquares Development partnered to create a mix-use development to create non-profit sustainability. • How can funders use this model to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define philanthropy? The word philanthropy comes from the Greek word philanthrōpia, which is broadly defined as loving people, love of mankind. That’s one definition. I work in organized…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Independent Sector interviewed Clark Rachfal, director of advocacy and governmental affairs of American Council of the Blind (ACB), to understand more about advocacy work for disability rights. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Dr. Gita Sen and Samantha Peña Hernández discuss the great shift in conversation surrounding population and reproductive health, the progress being made, and what still needs to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sam Gill explains that the Knight Foundation is dedicating nearly $50 million to learn how to best support democracy in the digital age. • How can other funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A Stanford University study analyzed governmental data of 8,590 asylum seekers granted temporary protection status when they arrived in Switzerland between 2008 and 2013. This study revealed…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The TE Foundation is a strong supporter of global philanthropy by funding organizations that are working to increase access to STEM learning. • How can individual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Elizabeth Chuck reports that some hospitals are turning to implicit bias training to combat the disturbingly high maternal mortality rate of black women. There is not yet…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Pia M. Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny, and Stephanie Gullo discuss how the U.S. labor market can benefit from immigration. • How can funders best support an economy that…