This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The “Platform Effect” is a decentralized strategy that taps local community leaders to spur economic growth in small communities. • How can donors get involved in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are four phone apps that will help climate activists stay on top of climate change issues to maintain awareness and encourage action. • How are…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This video from Futurity explains how to cope with stress in ways that can help you use it to your benefit and avoid its downsides. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The first residents of what is now South Seattle were the Duwamish people. For thousands of years, they harvested fish and clams from the river, grew crops and lived off…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Allen Smart and Betsey Russell explain why rural communities are at risk of being undercounted during the 2020 Census and how funders are working to ensure an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · New research from the Southern Regional Education Board shows an 11% decline in community college enrollment between 2012 and 2017, raising concerns about lower-skilled workers and workforce preparedness.…
Giving Compass’ Take: · In this Getting Smart podcast, Tom Vander Ark talks with Pam Cantor, a leading expert on childhood development, about the effects of stress on youth development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for The Heritage Foundation, Nicolas Loris and Kevin Dayaratna take a deeper look at the Green New Deal and what it would mean for the U.S. economy.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to the Surfrider Foundation, Ideol, a French offshore wind energy developer, has applied to do wind-speed testing off the coast of California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Conor Williams and Rosario Quiroz Villarreal discuss the traumatic summer endured by children of immigrants and how schools are working to ensure their safety. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kate McLeod explains how the Center for the Visually Impaired in Atlanta and the High Museum of Art partnered to bring art education to students with visual impairment.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Foundations need to shift from the model of strategic philanthropy that is predictive to an emergent model that can address the complexities of social change in…