This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bridgespan prides itself on being an impact-driven organization. We launched 20 years ago with a vision of how we might help make the world a better place. Hundreds of people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Seattle Foundation has been on the lookout for more opportunities to support new investment tools that help people who have been locked out of traditional capital by investing in lenders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to Shawna De La Rosa at Education Dive, Hispanic students have interest in STEM but remain chronically underrepresented. • How do stereotypes propagate unequal representation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Shawn Ginwright and Sai Seigel offer three actions for organizations to cultivate durable solutions to the underlying causes of systemic racial inequities. • How can donors help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Marker explains some of the political and practical challenges that can impede effective participatory grantmaking. • How can funders overcome these barriers to effective participatory grantmaking? …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to Feargus O’Sullivan, at CityLab, Britain’s minority ethnic people, many of whom have asserted themselves as service heroes, maintain concern over how they’ll be treated…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Isabella Garcia offers some examples of technological innovations and their potential for preserving fading indigenous languages. • What can you do to preserve essential cultural practices…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Data from the Council on Criminal Justice reveals a decline in the racial disparities in incarceration in the United States, although dramatic gaps remain. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In terms of people of color employed by foundations, little has changed over the years; if anything, it’s possibly worse. In 2014, ABFE reported that only 3 percent of the nation’s philanthropies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If done properly, evaluation holds the potential to be a valuable tool for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in individual foundations and throughout the work of the field. Indeed,…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this video, the United Philanthropy Forum brings together members and colleagues to define racial equity. • How can philanthropists better understand how grantees see racial…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Achieving equity is a current pursuit among many in philanthropy, and one that is often referred to as a journey. To be clear, there is no end-of-the-road and the starting…