This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Forbes details the philanthropic efforts of billionaires in Africa, such as South African mining titan Patrice Motsepe and cement and sugar baron Aliko Dangote. • From improving health,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company explores what it takes for cities that have struggled economically in recent years to become sustainable — and whether the model can be replicated.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fragility may prove to be the biggest barrier on the road to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Fragile states, loosely defined as countries that don’t have the capacity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, author Joy Moses highlights recent research which shows a quantifiable link between housing affordability and homelessness.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This post from the National Alliance to End Homelessness discusses Homeless Persons Memorial Day, which occurs annually on December 21 and aims to remember those who passed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amelia Harper reports that New York City is expanding the free glasses program to provide free screenings and glasses for all of the city’s kindergarten and 1st-grade…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Urban Institute post examines how many housing authorities across the country are facing the hard reality that they may not be able to keep their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Experts from the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center share the issues they will be watching in 2019. • How can funders work to shape housing finance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joy Moses unpacks the progress and remaining obstacles of homelessness relief efforts revealed in HUD’s 2018 homeless count. • How can funders build upon the progress that has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Wits University launched its Wits Citizenship and Community Outreach (WCCO) programme, which runs a food bank on campus so that students can don’t have to worry about their next…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Malala Yousafzai’s latest book, We Are Displaced, describes the experiences of refugee girls and their struggle to receive a complete education. • Yousafzai pleads for girls’ education to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author discusses that outside funding sources, as well as local state governments, need to play a role in helping the youngest children who are currently…