This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Food and Drug Administration recently lifted an import ban, allowing the first commercially raised GMO animal to come to market: salmon. • How can donors understand…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Betty McCay finished a 27-year prison sentence in California and approached the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) in Oakland for job placement, the last thing she expected to provide…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen reports on extreme rise in temperatures and no rainfall across Zimbabwe which is causing drought and threatening the livelihood of crops and livestock. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Detroit Free Press interviews Amy Nederlander about her organization, L!FE Leaders Inc., and how she uses her previous Broadway experiences to empower, mentor, give confidence and a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rachel Tompa explains that childhood cancer survivors report long-term impacts of the disease on their health and wellbeing later in life. • How can philanthropy support research…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you get young people to express themselves? How do you encourage them to think creatively? And in what ways can you create space for them to share the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Canada recently made a huge breakthrough for period poverty in their country as British Columbia now provides and offers their schools free menstrual products. • One in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • David Ross argues that schools can combine academic and vocational education to prepare students for the “no-collar” jobs of the future, which will not fit cleanly into any…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Oliver Moore explores the issues that arise when digitization meets farming – who owns the data and information created by farmers? • How can funders help farmers use…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Inclusive development holds the key to India achieving its commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The term ‘inclusive’ refers to a rights-based expansion of India’s development paradigm…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Roger Riddell, writing for Education Dive, examines panel discussions from the 2019 SXSW EDU conference, focusing on one in particular that talked about effective school safety tactics. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tanvi Misra, writing for Pacific Standard, discusses a new working paper by sociologist Shannon Monnat at Syracuse University, that examines how economic distress is a factor…