This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’ve all witnessed the impacts of poverty: homelessness, hunger, physical and mental illness, social exclusion, addiction – the list could go on. What’s less visible is the stress and the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A group of Wisconsin students decided to march to Paul Ryan’s house in Janesville, WI as a way to support the March For Our Lives movement. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Due to climate issues, political conflicts and access to humanitarian aid, food insecurity is at an all time high in some countries. • How can humanitarian…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Entrepreneurs are using technology to approach the issue of gun violence by making a ‘smarter gun.’ • Will the implementation of creating a ‘smarter gun’ make…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mashable writes about the powerful speech 11-year-old Naomi Wadler delivered at the March For Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, in which she discussed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The 74 details the scene from March For Our Lives this past Saturday, with survivors from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting standing out as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The girl walked nervously across the stage in Benaroya’s Recital Hall to the microphone that had to be adjusted down for her. A fourth-grader, she was small for her age,…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The 2017 Tax Reform will certainly have significant macroeconomic effects, but it is difficult to say exactly what they will be. While the bill did make progress…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chalkbeat reports on a school in Indianapolis (School 14) that provided a safe haven for local homeless kids, but recent shakeups due to low test scores…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Gotham Gazette takes a look at New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s announced workforce development program and finds it lacks room for the millions adults who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: • The Annie E. Casey Foundation interviews Henrietta Muñoz of the United Way in Texas to talk about family-centered practice, which all community-centered nonprofits can learn a little from.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Many lower-income people experience barriers to homeownership because of methods put in place by large banks and mortgage companies. • What are other ways we can…