This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Sauer Family Foundation invests in strengthening the well-being of children so they thrive in their families and communities in Minnesota. After the events at George Floyd Square unfolded not far from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There are challenges to implementing an approach that focuses on a culture of improvement which encourages educators to start with questions rather than solutions. • This…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Policies aimed at protecting the planet should be inclusive of individuals with disabilities since environmental issues often affect these communities the most. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This summer we brought three youth services organizations serving the Los Angeles community—A Place Called Home, Da Vinci RISE High School and Fulfillment Fund—and special guest, Steve Ballmer, co-founder of Ballmer Group Philanthropy and former…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers have developed a breast cancer risk model that could help close a critical gap in identifying the cancer earlier in Black women. In the United States, Black women are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been five years since Victor Ugo founded Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (MANI), a youth-led and youth-focused non-governmental organisation working to end the stigma and discrimination attached to mental health in Nigeria…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Participatory grantmaking (PGM) may be a new trend in philanthropy, but participatory and community-driven giving practices have been around since the beginning of time. From Indigenous understanding of how gift…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Addressing the climate crisis can no longer be the work of the few foundations and donors who fund climate work. Instead, we need an “all-of-philanthropy” level of engagement, expertise, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On a warm September Sunday in 2016, a small Black teenager in a pink T-shirt biked through narrow city streets and rolled into an intersection. So did a Chevy Cruze,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Bertrand Piccard proposed circumnavigating the globe in a solar-powered airplane, the world’s leading aviation experts told him it was a pipe dream. That’s when the former Swiss Air Force…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why don’t more grantmakers set strategic goals aimed at making them the best makers of grants possible? In PEAK Grantmaking surveys, fewer than 50 percent of responding funders maintain strategic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Elizabeth Yeampierre watched tree branches whip past her windows on the evening of October 29, 2012, as Superstorm Sandy slammed into New York City. She had spent years warning of…