This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund helps allocate grant money to different youth-focused organizations. A task force of black-led grassroots organization leaders asked the local communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Housing agencies need to have better coordinated strategies to provide sustainable affordable housing solutions for individuals living in rural areas. • How can philanthropists help to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nonprofit Quarterly reports on the rise of worker cooperatives in the L.A. area, specifically one particular coffee shop where employees are empowered as business owners. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Three decades of studies have shown that elevated carbon dioxide and temperatures can lower the nutritional quality of certain plants, and decrease the ability of plants…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sharon Lurye reports that charter schools that are attractive to special education students often have trouble affording the support needed to serve the students because of their small size. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Jonathan Butcher at The Heritage Foundation suggests that school districts take a closer look at their financials for fraud and waste to help cut unnecessary costs and increase…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sarah B. Hunter explains how Los Angeles’ Housing for Health program cut healthcare costs while tackling homelessness. • How can funders help to spread successful models like this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Two new parallel surveys of business executives and hiring managers found that new college graduates lack the skills needed to advance in today’s workforce. How can we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • TriplePundit reports on a new initiative called the GeoFootprint Project, which aims to gather data on crop production to inform more sustainable practices in the agriculture…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses how to equip the next generation with the tools they need to deliver on good intentions. It goes beyond the classroom.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chalkbeat reports on a new original documentary series on YouTube called “Best Shot” that chronicles the journeys of young Newark athletes as they learn life lessons…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Toronto-based book editor Jen Knoch is working on a log of her charitable giving, identifying organizations that are worth regular donations each month — the list…