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    Automakers Can Build Better Cars, But We Need Strong Standards to Get There

    GreenBiz Dec 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Dave Cooke at GreenBiz discusses how policies to promote innovation and prevent pollution can help consumers and move the auto industry towards new progress. • How can individuals…

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    Three Ways to Activate Your CSR Mission

    TriplePundit

    Giving Compass’ Take: •  Steve Randazzo provides three specific pathways for organizations to follow in order to grow their corporate social responsibility mission through various engagement tactics. • How can CSR…

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    Approaches to Reducing Concentrated Poverty

    Huffington Post

    Giving Compass’ Take: • What is the best approach to alleviate high-poverty areas? Willa Seldon and Debby Bielak suggest philanthropists should invest in those communities or a nonprofit should serve…

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    The Opioid Crisis Is Not a Single Problem, But a String of Epidemics [Video]

    Futurity Dec 11, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • To find a solution for the opioid crisis, researchers suggest approaching the issue as several epidemics happening across the country rather than one massive crisis. •…

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    How Friendship Houses Strengthen Community Health

    Manhattan Institute Dec 11, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Community Renewal International is an organization that uses ‘friendship houses’ to encourage neighbors to interact and take care of each other and strengthen community ties.  • How…

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    Women’s Foundations and Funds: Goals and Impact

    Gender and Giving Dec 11, 2019

    This research extends knowledge of women’s foundations and funds in the U.S. following the publication of a landscape scan of these organizations in May 2019. The landscape scan revealed that…

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    3 Steps to Take the Surprise Out of Surprise Medical Bills

    The Heritage Foundation Dec 11, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Doug Badger at The Heritage Foundation gives 3 steps on how he believes Congress can solve the balance-billing problem and give patients more control over their medical…

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    How Drug Users Are Fighting Back Against America’s War on Drugs

    YES! Magazine Dec 11, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Travis Lupick reports that people addicted to opioids and other substances are organizing a national movement to demand a say in drug-policy reform. • How is philanthropy helping…

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    Are Online Supplemental Educational Materials High Quality?

    Thomas Fordham Institute Dec 11, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Morgan Polikoff and Jennifer Dean unpack the advantages and disadvantages of online supplemental educational materials currently in use.  • How can funders help to increase the use…

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    Five Impact Investing Trends We Will See in the Next Decade

    SoCap

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Dennis Price and David Bank predict impact investing themes will emerge over the next 10 years. Among them: Fighting exclusion and sustainability tipping points. • How can…

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    Investing in Democracy Entrepreneurs to Rebuild Civic Trust

    Democracy and Philanthropy Dec 10, 2019

    Born during the longest civil war in Ethiopia’s history, I grew up witnessing the perils of a dysfunctional political system. Even at the age of seven, politics had a palpable…

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    How Youth Can Help Drive Forward Plant-based Foods

    Malvern Daily Records Dec 10, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Impossible Foods received the 2019 United Nations Global Climate Action Award, and as more youth activists are demanding environmental accountability, they are turning their focus to plant-based…

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