This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bob Berwyn explains that a study has found that the Colorado River basin will face a severe water shortage, impacting the 40 million people who rely on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ronnie Cummins explains how American farmers can tackle climate change through practices including regenerative agriculture. • How can funders support transitioning practices in American farming? • Find…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristin Musulin reports that Seattle has released a new tool that is designed to connect people experiencing homelessness to affordable housing. • How can funders help this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marketing director Roxanne Williams shares ideas for charitable giving initiatives that she started at her former workplaces that were successful. • How can businesses partners with philanthropists,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lata Reddy shares how Prudential’s specific, integrated impact investing approach supports diversity and economic inclusion. • How can impact investors learn from organizations that have specific, explicit strategies…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In their study for the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, researchers call attention to massive issues in rental affordability and how government resources…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a donor, you want to change the world. You seek transformational change. Lasting change. You don’t want band-aid solutions. You want to tackle a problem at its root, so…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Companies are now offering creative internships that are remote or virtual-based so that adult learners can have the flexibility they need to pursue career opportunities. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Achieving equity and social justice depends on people and groups connecting in authentic ways to operate through the silos that often divides us. Yet philanthropy sometimes still feels like that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Commitment to a philanthropic journey reflects a measure of time and energy expended, often even before the first dollars make their way to grantees. By the time a rough budget…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a strategic philanthropy advising practice working with donors to increase the impact of their philanthropy, we talk a lot about the word “strategy”. But what does strategy really mean? Beyond that,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Maya Rossin-Slater and Jenna Stearns offer possible solutions to the United States’ shortcomings in supporting paid leave for workers. • Why are private employers afraid of…