This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For Heidi Breeze-Harris, working in the global health sector may not have been an obvious path, but in retrospect, it makes sense. Thanks to the trips that she and her…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By Joanne Lu Every woman deserves to give birth safely and with dignity. Yet sadly, maternal death during childbirth is not yet a thing of the past. Despite immense progress between 1990…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • C S Sharada Prasad and Isha Ray follow the daily lives of sanitation workers in urban India who provide essential services for communities. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More foundations are starting to utilize impact investing practices to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. • In what ways can your foundation pivot toward…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Entrepreneurs build businesses, but they also help build communities—by creating jobs, delivering needed services, paying taxes, and more. Providing equitable access to the capital such entrepreneurs need to build their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Prakriti Singh, writing for India Development Review, lists six lessons in grassroots leadership and development she learned from Sujata Khandekar, who led the Resource Organisations or CORO in India. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women’s foundations and funds are a powerful force in philanthropy dedicated to women and girls. Giving from these organizations is substantial, but aside from a 2009 landscape report from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy is at a crossroads, looking inward and re-examining its role in fostering uneven power dynamics and perpetuating inequity. In an effort to level the playing field and give communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Graham Vyse explains how different legislators are responding to teachers’ strikes in wildly different ways. • How can funders best support teachers to improve outcomes for students? …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vanessa McGrady explains how teaching people – particularly women – financial literacy can improve their long-term outcomes. • How can funders help to ensure that children are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ila Reddy shares eight questions that donors and organizations should consider when forming data collection and use strategies. • How is your organization currently collecting and using…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Global Citizen, Lindsay Powers reports that California has approved controversial changes to standardized sexual education to include LGBTQ issues. · Why is it important for…