This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Stephen Moret discusses a recent report from Brookings Metro regarding the future of talent-driven economic development and how economic development organizations should respond. · How has economic development…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this podcast, Tricia Raikes discusses her philanthropic learning journey and the trajectory of the Raikes Foundation. She further explains how everyone can engage in impact-driven…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new public space in Brooklyn will be designed with climate change in mind, making it adaptable as sea levels rise. • How can other coastal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mara Dias discusses the sewage spill in South Orange County and how a water sampling group protects communities. • The article mentions a task force that helps collect water…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · This article from TRAC Reports takes a look at the cause of the rising number of immigrants being held in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert D. Atkinson, Mark Muro, and Jacob Whiton argue that “growth centers” in the heartland can spread tech innovation to areas that have been left behind. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rebecca Koenig explains how Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) works to make research more accessible and discoverable online. • How can funders work to scale up efforts like…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Operator Collective is a new venture capital fund that is 90 percent women, and a large quantity of them have never invested in technology before. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Carlitos Rodriguez, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018, created Stories Untold, a program that allows survivors and community members relay how the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The International Connections Fund (ICF) connects artists from Chicago with artists in other countries to collaborate on exhibitions, theater, film, and dance. • How can collaborative funds work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The reason Friends of the Children exists today is because Duncan Campbell, a Portland philanthropist who founded one of the first timber investment firms in the world, willed it into existence…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Give Lists are curated lists of high-impact, nonprofit organizations dedicated to driving positive change across a broad range of issues and causes. We have partnered with leaders in the philanthropic…