This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sabrina Richards reports that researchers uncovered information about the way that Legionnaires’ bacterium succeeds – possibly informing efforts to fight Legionnaires’. • How can funders advance research in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Steve Friess explains how virtual counseling can help rural students get to college to get into colleges that are otherwise out of their reach. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jane Cheung at Americans for the Arts interviewed Anna Lisa Caraveo Flores, Director of Pablove Shutterbugs, a program that approaches childhood cancer through art and science. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Shawna De La Rosa, writing for Education Dive, discusses how schools can better position themselves as learning space to advance modern career skills through design and rearrangement. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new MBA course at Texas McComb called Investing in Philanthropy teaches students how to effectively measure nonprofit success while looking at how to make an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Rollins college, undergraduate students are guiding preschoolers through civic discourse curriculum with games, books, and projects that teach “philosophical rules” to children. • Can these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cambridge Public Schools took the initiative to integrate garden-based learning in its school district through educational planning and partnership with CitySprouts. CitySprouts is a school garden…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This piece is based on panel conversations from Social Impact Exchange 2019: Shaping the Future: Philanthropy as Change Capital. More foundations are deepening their understanding of the racial disparities that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • California’s wildfire season is upon us and although power outages and blackouts were intended to be a last resort in PG&E’s wildfire mitigation plan, the company…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Power of Possibility describes how two Boston homelessness organizations merged to create a more impactful organization to assist their target population. • How can organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jen Bokoff shares five ways to clean up your philanthropy to increase your impact and cut down on drag. • Which of these practices could your organization…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kris Putnam-Walkerly shares three conditions that funders should ensure are in place in order to achieve impactful philanthropy. • Are these conditions present in your philanthropy? •…