Human Services

Charitable foundations, like charities, come in all shapes and sizes. The largest typically hold hundreds of millions in endowments and employ dozens of staff, with the capacity to engage in…

Poverty, overcrowded housing and the excessive cost of basic hygiene products in remote communities makes it incredibly difficult for Australia to eliminate trachoma, a contagious eye disease not found in…

Being able to lead through a crisis as an administrator comes with the job description — but many spent 2020 navigating several at once. While adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic and…

Food insecurity is #Solvable. Khalid Bomba explains how we can better bring together parts of the supply chain to equip subsistence farmers to participate in a global economy, allowing them…

For renters struggling because of the pandemic, the July 31 expiration of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act supplemental unemployment benefits posed a challenge. Without that $600…

Many deeper learning practitioners have long advocated for student voices. We see this as a means to young people having agency and ownership of not only their learning but their…

There is good reason to fear that this spring’s school closures hurt students’ academic progress. But how much learning, exactly, did students lose? On a national level, we don’t yet know.…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Research conducted by MDRC found that the Grameen America program, a microfinance program for low-income women in the U.S., increased business ownership and monthly business earnings, savings, access…

Homes have become offices, schools, places of worship and our safe havens since the pandemic began. But in many rural places and tribal communities, housing is a growing challenge. Some…

Corporate giving programs are a powerful resource in which businesses contribute to the charitable organizations their employees support, either through donations or volunteer hours. Any nonprofit can benefit from corporate…

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, GlobalGiving’s disaster response team has listened closely each day to local nonprofit partners about this extreme uncertainty and what it means in the…

Funders and donors from all walks of life find themselves in a pivotal moment. The flames have reached the front door, and there is a sense of urgency to invest in…