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Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from Pivotal Ventures and McKinsey & Company highlights the previous successes and failures of tech companies attempting to diversify their workforce, and how philanthropy and CSR…

Nearly three decades after contracting malaria multiple times in childhood, Dr. Rose Jalang’o is now spearheading Kenya’s rollout of the groundbreaking malaria vaccine. The RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine was approved by the…

Mountain glaciers are essential water sources for nearly a quarter of the global population. But figuring out just how much ice they hold – and how much water will be…

Not so long ago, the word “race” was something that many people shied away from — a four-letter word not to be spoken in polite company. Similarly, “racial equity” and…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Mark Rowe offers insights into the state of the gender gap around the world, revealing that persistent sexism is an issue everywhere.  • How can funders use…

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Women’s perception of unethical behavior among finance professionals may contribute to how underrepresented they are in…

Plastic permeates the oceans, clutters landfills, and threatens to create a “near-permanent contamination of the natural environment,” according to researchers. As if that weren’t bad enough, it is also a…

What are nature-based solutions? Are they different from green infrastructure? A handful of terms are used to describe the utilization of natural features, systems, and landscapes to solve many of…

The challenges local governments and nonprofits face today are almost absurdly daunting. Setting aside the perennial struggle to reconcile ever-growing needs and ever-shrinking budgets, the pandemic has devastated community health…

The best social sector solutions are the ones that address multiple challenges at once. Food systems transformation touches on many different global crises: climate, health, nutrition, economic self-determination, even the…

It is possible and necessary for people to engage effectively in difficult conversations about racism, sexism, classism, and other inequities in the philanthropic sector. Each time you do so is…

In this moment — as a global pandemic persists, economies falter, healthcare systems crack and systematic racism and injustice are exposed — we, the climate community, must widen our lens…