This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stakeholders in the natural products industry, from manufacturers to suppliers, distributors, brokers, and retailers, are forming a Climate Collaborative to address the issue of climate change.…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Migration Policy Institute shares policy solutions to increase volunteers and sponsors for resettlement and integration agencies. • How can funders work to encourage more volunteers and sponsors for resettlement…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from the Institute for Defense Analyses reveals how much providing legal representation for unaccompanied alien children would help and cost. • What role can philanthropists play in…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Knight Foundation uses four case studies to demonstrate how newspapers can embrace philanthropic options to sustain local news production. • How can philanthropists best support local…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Annie Brown explains the pros and cons of social impact business models including non-profit, for-profit social enterprises, and cooperatives. • Which of these models best aligns with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jessyca Dudley, one of the founders of the Chicago Foundation for Women’s South Side Giving Circle, explains the impetus for starting a giving circle that supports black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Freeman Hrabowski, former civil rights activist, and now President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, speaks on how he supports student achievement in higher education, STEM,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research shows that recess which facilitates children playing freely together and offering a “brain break” can have numerous benefits, one being, teaching young people how to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The California fog is bringing high levels of mercury that is not a risk to humans but does have a significant impact on the mammals that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are six key points to know regarding why and how the Illinois State Board of Education will be reviewing the charter commissions’ work and planning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Some education experts believe that career exploration should start earlier in elementary school, and offer ideas on how to make this a priority for K-12 students. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Smart Cities Dive reports that cities are wrestling with the urgent need to deal with the climate crisis, and advocates say that there will be continued…