This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, many entrepreneurs are swinging for the metaphorical fences, applying innovation practices and market-based approaches to critical social issues — often at the intersection of the private, public and social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There are numerous benefits to carefully planned outdoor education trips for students when educators focus on outdoor safety for children. • How can access to outdoor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lauren Fagella shares three ways that mentorships benefit students in school and have long-term positive impacts on student growth. • How can funders support mentorship programs? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This fall in the Elmbrook School District outside Milwaukee, elementary school classrooms come in two flavors: mask-required and mask-recommended. Students in each group, chosen by their parents, rarely interact with one another, except…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During GreenBiz’s VERGE 21 conference last week, conversations surrounding the food sector and its goal for reducing carbon emissions kept intersecting at one key point — the supply chain. “All…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Employers with more than 100 employees will need to implement a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for their employees — and offer a weekly testing alternative to those who refuse or are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 1/3 of college students have missed at least one meal a week during the pandemic and more than 1/3 know someone who has dropped out of college due to…
In this week’s episode of Giving Done Right, CEP’s Phil and Grace talk with Liesel Pritzker Simmons, major donor and co-founder of impact investing firm Blue Haven Initiative. Liesel zeroes in on impact investing — what it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Move the money.” Community organizers in social movements have repeated this call to action for philanthropy for years. As a longtime organizer, I used to be the one expressing this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Eighty-three percent of large U.S. foundations seek input from some of the nonprofits they fund –…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine that you are going on a journey. You’re headed somewhere you have visited a few times before, but your memory is fuzzy on the exact directions to take—so you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’re often inspired to support a charity based on their vision for a better world–one without hunger, homelessness, or disease. Organizations dare to imagine a day when these problems no…