This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Poor nutrition is causing a health crisis in low-income communities of color, and some chefs say that mindful eating could be the solution. • Emotional eating…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropists are utilizing impact investing to improve education outcomes across the globe. Impact investing can help mobilize communities to deliver on valuable social change initiatives. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Imogen Calderwood reports that rape victims in the UK are being asked to turn over their phones and social media accounts or risk having their cases dropped. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Matt Barnum reports that in Florida schools researchers found that black students were insufficiently or excessively labeled as having a disability based on the level of segregation. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New Profit has selected seven social entrepreneurs for a new grant program that focuses on stimulating civic participation and engagement in communities. • As more organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author lists 14 African-American female entrepreneurs who are changing the U.S. food system through sustainable food production. • The author mentions that women-owned businesses are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jenni Lee at United Nations Foundation sits down and speaks with the UN Foundation’s Executive Director for Policy Minh-Thu Pham on how we can successfully achieve the Sustainable…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Dallas Women’s Foundation and Chambers Family Fund provide a comprehensive guide to starting a women’s fund to benefit communities everywhere. • Is the time right to start…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • UN Global Pulse is a lab that works to leverage big data to improve humanitarian development and action. In Uganda, the UN is using Pulse Lab…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Laura Doering and Sarah Kaplan explain how gendered interactions on the ground can make or break international development programs. • How can funders better understand the realities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nelson Mandela writes in his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, that a good leader “… stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Colleen Echohawk explains how the trauma endured by Native women experiencing homelessness shapes their needs and must also shape the response from the community working to support…