This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ricardo López explains how the Dallas County Promise program is effectively working to close the career readiness skills gap in the Dallas Fort Worth region. • How can…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Ann Tutwiler explains that policy needs to support biodiversity in the food system to ensure long-term food security. • How can funders support the development of policy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this excerpt from Opportunity for All, Jennifer O’Day and Marshall S. Smith share reasons that decades of educational reforms have failed to remove educational disparities. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To hear some of the critics tell it, the biggest foundations in the country are led by people who don’t care about inequity and seek only to protect the status…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Carl Diesing, writing for PhilanTopic, describes marketing technology tools that nonprofit organizations can leverage to maximize their impact. • Marketing tools for nonprofit organizations can be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and NORC (National Opinion Research Center) at the University of Chicago have found that more foundations are opting for limited life spans. • What are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amir Pasic, Dean of the Lilly School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, explores the reasons why public scrutiny and debate have erupted over philanthropy. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jessica Plante, writing for the Christensen Institute, discusses three ways to innovate the healthcare system, focusing on accessibility, physician burnout, and patient-centered care. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Starbucks claims it will reduce its footprint compared to 2018, send half as much waste to landfills, and conserve half of its water, but they haven’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Florida interviews Jonathan Rothwell about his new book, A Republic of Equals, and how U.S. racism helped create elite, highly paid professions. • How can funders use…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alicia Robb argues that women in impact investing are essential because they are more likely to invest in other women, who have traditionally been left out of venture capital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tara Garcia Mathewson explains that physics classes are a critical building block for a range of STEM disciplines. • How can funders work to increase the number…