This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Elizabeth Chuck reports that some hospitals are turning to implicit bias training to combat the disturbingly high maternal mortality rate of black women. There is not yet…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kris Putnam-Walkerly explains how small funders can have an outsized impact by taking strategic approaches to giving. • Do these strategies apply to your work? How could…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Julian Vasquez Heilig discusses how the corporate-funded lobby group the American Legislative Exchange Council co-opts grassroots school reform movements. • How can funders help to elevate the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropic advisors from The Chicago Community Trust list six collective giving funds where donors can pool resources to maximize impact. • How can donors identify collective…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Harry Fox argues that effective altruisms is gaining more and more momentum and explains how to hone in the message of your mission to attract the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author lists four organizations that are funding public interest tech in order to make advancements in media and technology and drive the industry forward. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Josh Thomases at The 74 says that what separates good schools from great schools has to do with how adults learn from mistakes and try again. • How…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Pia M. Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny, and Stephanie Gullo discuss how the U.S. labor market can benefit from immigration. • How can funders best support an economy that…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Harry J. Holzer explores how immigration will interact with other labor market forces including demographics, automation, and alternative staffing. • How can funders use this information…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. African Americans make up 13 percent of the general population, but more than 40 percent of the homeless population. Similarly, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tyrone Freeman highlights the history of black giving in America, from the days of slavery to the 2019 Morehouse graduation. • How does this history inform the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During her 9-year term as a trustee with the University of Hawai’i Foundation, Marivic Dar saw major donors – both men and women – make major gifts to honor a…