This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This piece from the Creating Prosperity Series by The Christensen Institute, profiles EarthEnable, a private social enterprise that is building affordable, hard, earthen floors for families…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An innovative solution for food spoilage and food waste prevention was brought to market in the U.S. by Apeel Sciences last summer when they created an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The Christensen Institute discusses the high cost of hospital care and the benefits behind making homes and communities the default location for healthcare. · How do the…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings provides insights into effective place-based policies to support the eastern Heartland of America • How could these policies support progress in your areas of philanthropic interest?…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Entrepreneurship is a pathway to financial security and collective prosperity. Ensuring that Black individuals in Atlanta have support to succeed in business is a sustainable strategy. •…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness studied the risk behaviors and health of homeless teens in New York City compared to their housed peers, concluding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The nutrition paradox we are facing is described as “the intertwining trends of obesity, undernutrition, hunger, and environmental degradation.” Private sector support in the form of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Baltimore’s philanthropists are utilizing impact investing practices to provide capital for community development financial institutions so they can help strengthen small businesses. • In what other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Barbara Janta and Lynn M. Davies at RAND Corporation discuss research showing that positive parenting strategies and strong parent-child relationships not only promote positive development and adjustment but also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Charmain Mercer, an education program officer sheds light on how equity can be brought into education on a deeper level and how philanthropy can help to make…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • RAND Corporations reveal how research around effectively addressing the mental health consequences of war led to conversations and policy changes around PTSD and depression in veterans. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vu Le movement to destigmatize failure in philanthropy has failed to include people of color and marginalized communities, preventing true change in the sector. • How can…