Giving Compass’ Take: • MDRC released a report on how New York municipalities, community, and workforce development organizations can now access state UI wage data and what opportunities and challenges…
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Click here for more.The Five Contemplations is a mindfulness reflection by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and recited before partaking of a meal. One of its passages reads “May we recognize and transform…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Teach For All is a global organization that focuses on addressing the root causes of unequal outcomes for children. The authors share experiences working on DEI…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Scientists are studying tiny calcified formations called otoliths inside of fishes’ ears to learn about the impact of climate change on fish populations. • The authors…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Foundations can use an impact investing framework to provide capital to food systems that will generate local wealth and advance food-system finance. • How is this…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Negotiating race in cross-sector collective impact spaces requires careful navigation. Tabitha Bentley, writing for Stanford Social Innovation Review, discusses how these negotiations impact the outcomes of…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Education Dive reports on a study that found that the odds of college enrollment for Black students who had a Black teacher increased by 13% when…
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Click here for more.While some philanthropists concentrate on systems change and big ideas, Doris Buffett has one big idea to provide a helping hand to people in need, one individual at a time.…
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Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from the Vera Institute of Justice reveals that education access in prisons has benefits for prisoner outcomes and is cost-effective. • How can funders help…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: · Education Dive discusses the changes and challenges made to assessments and measuring progress under the Every Student Succeeds Act. · How is overall student progress and…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Alexi Jones explains how prisons without air conditioning create a recipe for death and illness as prisoners are more vulnerable to heat than the general population. •…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Solar Foods, Finland-based company, is developing a way to create alternative protein ingredient using renewable electricity and CO2. • What are other examples of alternative meat products?…