This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert Raymond reports that some Californians, spurred by intentional power outages, are considering electric cooperatives. • How can funders support local efforts to take control of essential…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar discuss the challenges of India’s Public Distribution System. • How can social programs be made more efficient and effective? How can programs better…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrea Oyuela highlights research findings that show women are receiving far less funding for agri-food tech than men. • What is needed to close the funding gap?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Stephen Moret discusses a recent report from Brookings Metro regarding the future of talent-driven economic development and how economic development organizations should respond. · How has economic development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) recently reported on the state of reproductive health services in Laos, finding that many women lack information and access to these…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this podcast, Tricia Raikes discusses her philanthropic learning journey and the trajectory of the Raikes Foundation. She further explains how everyone can engage in impact-driven…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new public space in Brooklyn will be designed with climate change in mind, making it adaptable as sea levels rise. • How can other coastal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mara Dias discusses the sewage spill in South Orange County and how a water sampling group protects communities. • The article mentions a task force that helps collect water…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert D. Atkinson, Mark Muro, and Jacob Whiton argue that “growth centers” in the heartland can spread tech innovation to areas that have been left behind. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Carlitos Rodriguez, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018, created Stories Untold, a program that allows survivors and community members relay how the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The reason Friends of the Children exists today is because Duncan Campbell, a Portland philanthropist who founded one of the first timber investment firms in the world, willed it into existence…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors at Brookings identify 5 areas in health that China must improve on in order to achieve their 2030 SDG targets. • How will China develop…