This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Arielle Pierre shares the story of how she and her mother both went to prison and then to college with the help of Hudson Link. • Can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropic efforts tend to fall into one of two models: “give the man a fish” (charity) vs. “teach the man to fish” (empowerment). Increasingly, impact-driven philanthropists understand that for truly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Devex interviews QED Group founder and CEO Neelima Grover about how technology is transforming the monitoring and evaluation in development projects, making it easier to learn from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The California Wellness Foundation is making $13 million in grants aimed at closing the gap in medical research focused on women and people of color. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Celebrities are doing more than just entertaining the world, they’re helping to change it. MadameNoire reports on the philanthropic activities of well-known celebs like Oprah, Rihanna,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Devex discusses how innovation across a broad range of fields — including technology and finance — will be essential in order to improve the outlook for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • TechCrunch reports on a recent two-day coding session at Facebook headquarters, where the social media company invited engineers from Microsoft, Twitter, Google and others to help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Crain’s Chicago Business discusses how a partnership among local philanthropists is committing more than $40 million to help reduce gun violence in the next few years…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There has been a number of arguments centered around the current age requirement for voting. YES! Magazine discusses the #Vote16 movement and how the younger generation can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Edgar Villanueva argues for the use of money as medicine to repair the hurts of inequity and outlines 7 steps to recovery. • How are philanthropists complicit…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Two Indiana school districts face some of the same issues, but are treated differently. Chalkbeat talks with civic leaders who say that Gary, a majority-black district,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · After the devastating Santa Fe High School news broke on May 18th, The 74 decided to track all gun-related injuries and deaths at schools throughout 2018.…