This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jack Brook explores the North Carolina Supreme Court hearings concerning racial biases, raising concerns of systematic bias. • How can racial bias be addressed in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Xavier de Souza Briggs shares five key lessons from the Ford Foundation’s work on the racial wealth gap. • How can funders apply these lessons to economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define philanthropy? For me, philanthropy is about connections and awareness. One reason to be philanthropic is to help build awareness of causes and issues that people need…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Hechinger Report writes on Mississippi’s first rural charter school and the challenges that it faces because of history in the Deep South, as well as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Darren Byler explains how China uses smartphones and the internet to track, censor, and punish the Uighurs, a Muslim minority ethnic group. • How can funders work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, calls for philanthropists to encourage nuance and compromise – rather than extreme responses – to tackle extreme challenges. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define philanthropy? When I think about philanthropy, I think about Nelson Mandela’s philosophy of Ubuntu, which stands for universal support for humanity, and the philosophy “I am…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School (MELS) located in Queens, NY, shares promising ways to promote diversity in school districts. • How can donors help advance the mission…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marissa Gluck explains that artists are pushing back against art museums where straight, white, males are still over-represented at the expense of artists and museum employees. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rebecca Ruiz speaks from her own experiences of becoming a parent and how she learned to confront and counter white supremacy in America and make conversations about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Anita Krishnamurthi at Wellcome addresses inequity in traditional STEM education and what needs to be done to tackle the barriers limiting inclusion. · What factors have contributed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define philanthropy? Traditionally, people think of philanthropy as giving money to community organizations. The assumption is that you must be wealthy or have money to spare to…