This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Diane Mapes reports on the progress of ovarian cancer research, specifically the hunt for better early detection, improved outcomes, and even a future cure. • New biomarkers and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the upsurge in anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy under the Trump administration, more foundations seem to be making grants to more than a dozen pro-immigrant frontline organizations. Although this is promising news for the pro-immigrant movement, complete…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An annual report by the United Nations Population Fund finds that gender inequality is preventing women and girls from receiving access to the necessary sexual and reproductive health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Eleanor Wilson shares evidenced-based policies for states to improve campus sexual assault reporting. • How can funders work to get evidence-based policies related to campus sexual assault passed? How are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marques Chavez explains why the increased standard deduction that was part of the 2017 tax reform may decrease smaller gifts. • How can funders work to encourage charitable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joe McCarthy reports that New Zealand is shifting to measure success by human well-being rather than GDP growth after feedback from the public. • What are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During my time at the Solidaire Network, I recall a period when we received more than 300 proposals for one of our funds. We could only fund 15 of those…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jason Hackmann comes from the small, rural town of Winfield, Missouri. He describes his childhood as ordinary, growing up in a lower-middle-class family. He graduated from his small high school—his…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · NPR’s Audie Cornish is joined by Rodney Carmichael to discuss the legacy of rapper and philanthropist Nipsey Hussle after his recent passing. · What impact did Nipsey Hussle have on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released its third annual report on the global food crises, finding that 113 million individuals lack food because of natural disasters and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New research shows that automation will disproportionately threaten women’s jobs, due to differences in gendered occupations. • One report’s proposed solutions are encouraging companies to develop…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy is at an inflection point. Our sector, long allergic to even passing mentions of racial inequality, appears to be in the middle of a reckoning on racial justice. Whether…