This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Human-caused emissions of air pollutants fell during last year’s COVID-19 economic slowdowns, improving air quality in some parts of the world, while wildfires and sand and dust storms in 2020…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Income share agreements (ISAs) are designed to help students pay for and attend postsecondary education and career training programs. With an ISA, students receive financial support to help cover the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The nonprofit accelerator Food System 6 brings together entrepreneurs in the agriculture space to give them training on waste prevention, soil health, and other sustainable practices.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Leonard Armato, writing for The Hechinger Report, suggests the ways that high-poverty school districts can turn around by giving students new ways to excel and focusing on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the aftermath of an 18-month crash course in digital tools and remote teaching, teachers and administrators are reflecting on what they hope to take away and apply to their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last summer, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation each created a rapid-response grantmaking program to help nonprofits across the US use local data to support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dear Donor, As the year winds down, I know you are getting inundated with appeal letters from dozens of nonprofits. This letter is one of them. Just like other missions,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are no bad grants. Period. My hope is not that funders remember that, but that they believe it—and then act accordingly. There’s an interesting phenomenon that takes place when…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since 1985, cancer-related nonprofits, along with pharmaceutical firms and other businesses, have sponsored an international campaign to observe October as “Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” During these weeks, the public is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Children who get COVID-19 typically recover quickly and will not require special support upon return to school. However, some people who contract the disease experience persistent symptoms and post-viral complications.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Public health officials and outside experts warned the federal government for years before the coronavirus pandemic that the US was not focusing enough on public health prevention. They were proven right. Now…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The impact of domestic violence is not unknown to homeless service providers: research consistently shows that high numbers of people experiencing homelessness have also survived domestic violence. For some it…