This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · As our society becomes increasingly more reliant on technology, workers are finding it difficult to match their ambition with education of the digital world. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for BSR, Alison Taylor touches on the immense impact employees have on their company’s strategy and reputation and why companies should value this stakeholder group. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the years, we’ve seen homelessness philanthropies shift from funding mostly shelters and programs to funding systems-level work. We’ve helped our member funders think through systems change by challenging them…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ramboll is an engineering, design, and consulting company that partners with a local Indonesian nonprofit to help build bamboo houses that can stand during earthquakes. • In…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Dr. Sara Bleich of the Harvard Chan School of Public Health sits down with Sarah Blackburn of Edible Boston to talk about the key to effective nutrition…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • On a recent trip to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, major gifts manager Abigail Betts discovered the scope of the sexual violence problem and what Doctors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jessica Fu discusses recent research that suggests that food deserts are not a major defining factor in the nutritional quality of a household’s grocery purchases. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Anna Wolfe and Michelle Liu discuss Mississippi’s modern debtors prisons where inmates work low-wage, sometimes dangerous jobs to pay off debt. • How can funders advance the rights…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Martha Fedorowicz shares how the urban Institute’s new tool (currently in beta) works to assess the potential social impacts of Opportunity Zone investments. • Are you ready to engage…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Environmental writer George Monbiot believes that the future of food will be in lab-grown technology, and the farming industry will soon become irrelevant. • Monbiot explains…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) showed a 2.7 increase in homelessness over 2018, spurring more urgency in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Growing up in Germany after World War II, Bettina Stix is familiar with how the impacts of disasters can create forced migration, exacerbate social divides, and cause economic distress—in fact,…