This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dominant narratives inform how a majority of people in society perceive and interact with one another, and Alexis McGill Johnson and Rachel Godsil write how false and harmful…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rina Raphael reports that veterans in Afghanistan, with the help of nonprofit Bunker Labs, founded a business by connecting Afghan farmers to the rest of the world…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Arts Fund breaks down how the arts have produced social impact for King County communities in Washington state. • How can funders best support local artist…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert Lynch outlines how arts and creative expression can work to heal veterans painful experiences as well as bridge the divide between military and civilian life. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert Abare unpacks three common myths about school integrations, highlighting the importance and absence of true integration. • How can funders work to advance integration? What does…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Worth Rises maps the private sector players invested in the prison industrial complex in the United States. • How can funders work to ensure that the justice…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ben Paynter explains the argument against treating philanthropy like business laid out in Phil Buchanan’s book Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count. • What does…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · After partnering with the Posse Foundation on an experiment to enroll veterans in small liberal-arts colleges, Vassar College reports that the graduating vets are thriving and have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Social-emotional learning can hone student leadership skills and help young people become more civically engaged. • The author argues that students who do not have the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Susanna Kelly, writing for Medium, describes the key traits of millennial philanthropists and their charitable giving habits. • How are millennial philanthropists different from the previous generation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers are finding after a six-state analysis funded by the Gates Foundation; a curriculum-focused approach is unsuccessful at boosting education outcomes for students. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Velislava Hillman explains how vulnerable school data can be protected from the tech industry by blockchain technology. • Is this a practical solution to the problem of…