This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bees are critical to the success of our crops. But the connection flows both ways. The New Food Economy discusses how plant chemicals affect pollination —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Antionette Carroll, founder of the social justice nonprofit Creative Reaction Lab, recruited college students to understand how design can perpetuate inequitable realities for communities. • The most recent project of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, and looking at the increase in both school bullying and anti-Semitic incidents in 2017, nonprofits have reason to be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Funders for Justice (FFJ) interviewed Zachary Norris, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, about how to move forward in 2018 with movements that garner…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author discusses the MOCA teen program that chooses candidates for an art based internship to learn more about art and the museum. However, many of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen writes that we need to measure progress and gather better data to get to the center of the learning crisis around the world. Universal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank explores permaculture — agriculture-based design science that incorporates a number of sustainability practices — and how it’s had an impact in communities around the…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Generations United explores ways for policies to support grandfamilies when children lose their parents to the opioid epidemic. • How can philanthropists support the implementation of these policies? What are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The National Association for Music Education encourages and inspires young people to get involved in the arts by offering them access to leadership opportunities. • How can arts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford researchers have created glasses that will help kids with autism decipher social cues and responses more easily. • How can educators help design more technology that helps…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This post explores the complications surrounding tech billionaires based in areas such as Seattle and San Francisco, assessing how much responsibility they may bear for affordable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Fauquier Reaches for Excellence in School Health (FRESH) program’s goal is to teach students about what they put in their body. Activities include adding exercise to classrooms…