Human Services

Giving Compass’ Take: • The Gates Foundation brings together a panel of experts to discuss innovative efforts to promote equity in higher education.   • How can philanthropy help to develop new…

Giving Compass’ Take: • As classroom management and discipline becomes more difficult, some states are changing the discipline standards for teachers:  leaning towards less punitive measures and more restorative justice practices.  • What…

Giving Compass’ Take: • With the help of Harvard Business School, two crafty social entrepreneurs created Skillist, a platform that encourages applicants to detail their skills drawing deep from their…

Giving Compass’ Take: • B the Change explores the importance of inclusive hiring practices, particularly when it comes to expanding opportunities for formerly-incarcerated individuals. • How can nonprofits contribute to…

Giving Compass’ Take: • The New Food Economy explores why so many peer-reviewed dietary studies turn out to be either wrong or contradicted by other studies: The problem is in…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Three college student lobbied city governments to change criminal activity nuisance ordinances (CANOs) that previously made it difficult for victims of domestic violence to find housing.  •…

Giving Compass’ Take: • New research shows that children do learn new vocabulary words from educational videos, but advantaged kids learned more than disadvantaged kids did.  • How can educational…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers are tracking the decline of hope in America using statistics including “deaths of despair” described as suicide, overdose, and poor health behaviors.  • How can philanthropy…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Filling a gap often left in sex education, Hugs and Kisses has been shown in Virginia since the mid-1980s to educate children about abuse, including how to recognize and…

Giving Compass’ Take: • The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program recognized sixteen leading Job Quality Fellows who are promoting innovation and expanding job quality within the economy.  • How can organizations prioritize…

Giving Compass’ Take: • To promote youth organizing, funders should consider supporting youth leadership and invest in their movements for social change.  • Research shows that this type of organizing spawns social…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from the Johns Hopkins for Civil Society Studies’ Nonprofit Economic Data Project shows the sustainability, growth, and vastness of the nonprofit sector as it reaches the…