This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Among other programs President Trump proposed slashing in his budget blueprint Tuesday, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), previously known as the food stamps program, would lose 29 percent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What obligations — if any — do foundations and new donors have to local communities in which they are based? And what role should they play in addressing rising income…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. States invest in economic development to encourage job growth, increase wages, and raise the standard of living for their residents. State economic development efforts, however, typically encompass many programs administered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A contract is shorthand for “contract for deed,” also advertised as “rent to buy,” “seller financing,” or “installment land contracts.” These are not inherently predatory, as any northern Midwesterner will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his Mountaintop Speech, in which he famously foretold he had seen the promised land but “might not get there…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is a very real opportunity for philanthropy to save lives by supporting programs that prevent overdoses and the spread of blood-borne viruses such as HIV and Hepatitis C and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The federal government spends $660 billion every year on wealth-building subsidies to help Americans save for college, homeownership and retirement. The problem? These wealth-building programs are upside down—meaning they help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When James Anderson arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel, in October 2014, the city was in the midst of an immigration crisis. Read more about impact philanthropy on Giving Compass Tens…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS), which operated in Portland, Oregon in the mid to late 1990s, was a mandatory welfare-to work program for single-parent welfare recipients whose children were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is 19 years since the world first met to discuss global early warning for natural hazards in Potsdam, Germany. Since then events have only underlined how important early warning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Food Trust has come a long way since it started in 1992 with one farmers market at a public housing development in South Philadelphia, the only such source of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jean Case, of the Case Foundation, reflects on the foundation’s work to close the digital divide over the past 20 years. The Case Foundation provided an initial grant of $10 million…