This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The UN established the Blockchain Commission for Sustainable Development and launched Blockchain for Impact in 2017 to discover and implement applications of blockchain technology for social impact. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the years, venture philanthropy has introduced creative methods and breakthrough ideas to the world of philanthropy. Still for many, it has fallen short of its promise and has discouraged…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Medium, Stephen Geri from DEBS Insurance reports on a new study from Harvard Kennedy School on how global philanthropic dollars are spread out and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · With funding from Richmond Global Compass, the Social Progress Imperative will be launching a new initiative to research the influences of social and environmental factors on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In the developed world, Scabies is understood to be a disease of the past. Now, The Conversation reports that research is being conducted to find a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Zerifa Radlein-Grant left her home in Jamaica to come to North Carolina and teach third grade. In an interview with EdSurge, Radlein-Grant explains how she uses technology and live…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Each year, 100,000 people are killed from snakebites. In an interview with Devex, David Williams, chair of the WHO Working Group on Snakebite Envenoming describes the overlooked…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Food for the Poor, the leading hunger-relief charity, is facing criticism due to speculation that the organization is inflating its total donations to make their ‘5 percent’…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The world has made a great amount of progress in education within the last 15 years, but there is still more work to be done. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • International foundations have the choice on whether or not to implement donor collaboration strategies that will help advance development work. But they still have the choice to ‘DIY’…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • On June 8, 2018, Anthony Bourdain passed away at the age of 61 (the reported cause of death was suicide). The world lost a true pioneer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dan Honig collected evidence that development projects are hindered by top-down regulations and decisions made by people in offices, rather than workers on the ground. • How can…