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    How to Volunteer: Five Simple Steps to Making a Difference

    VolunteerMatch Apr 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Elysia Gabe, writing for VolunteerMatch, lists five steps to take when thinking about where and how to volunteer.  • How can volunteers help each other with this…

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    Emerging Data Suggest More Foundations Are Supporting the Pro-immigrant Movement

    NCRP Apr 12, 2019

    With the upsurge in anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy under the Trump administration, more foundations seem to be making grants to more than a dozen pro-immigrant frontline organizations. Although this is promising news for the pro-immigrant movement, complete…

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    Grantmaking Innovation: More Than Shouting Into A Cave

    Putnam Consulting Group Apr 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Innovative grantmaking can happen as long as funders stay open to diverse perspectives and new ideas. • Who are donors known for innovative grantmaking methods? What…

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    Using Corporate Social Responsibility to Engage Millennials

    Forbes Apr 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • As millennials increasingly make up a large percentage of the workforce, companies explore how to engage this population through corporate social responsibility.  • How can CSR…

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    Five Tips to Make the Most Out of Your Donor Data

    PhilanTopic Apr 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • To use and gather donor data efficiently, the author says nonprofit organizations should implement tailored outreach strategies to individual donors.  • How can nonprofits strengthen these…

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    What if Students Designed Their Education?

    Getting Smart Apr 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Getting Smart writes about how students could change the future of their education and drive their own learning through helping collaborate and design their curriculums.  • How…

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    The U.S. is Bracing for Another Big Storm – And More Flooding

    Pacific Standard Apr 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard reports on more floods and storms predicted to hit communities across several regions that are still struggling to recover from March’s bomb cyclone. •…

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    Why Have Education Politics Gone National?

    Education Week Apr 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The recent wave of teacher strikes and walkouts is indicative of a broader phenomenon blurring the boundaries between national and local school politics, however, this is…

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    How to Improve Campus Sexual Assault Reporting?

    Urban Institute Apr 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Eleanor Wilson shares evidenced-based policies for states to improve campus sexual assault reporting.  • How can funders work to get evidence-based policies related to campus sexual assault passed? How are…

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    What Does the Increased Standard Deduction Mean for Giving?

    Alliance For Charitable Reform Apr 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Marques Chavez explains why the increased standard deduction that was part of the 2017 tax reform may decrease smaller gifts.  • How can funders work to encourage charitable…

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    Who Profits from Work Requirements for Food Stamps?

    The New Food Economy Apr 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • H. Claire Brown explains that Wisconsin’s expanded work requirements were profitable for the company hired to implement the programs even though they returned underwhelming results.  • How can…

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    Family Giving Insights: How Generosity Is Passed Down to Daughters and Sons

    IUPUI Women's Philanthropy Institute Apr 12, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Women Give 2018 examines the frequency and amount of parental giving as well as the parents’ wealth level to assess how these factors relate to charitable giving…

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