This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the beginning of any strategic planning process I lead, this is the question I pose to the nonprofit’s leadership: “What are the key strategic questions facing your nonprofit?” Nonprofit leaders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Environment charities have seen a significant loss of funding as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and they are struggling to maintain their work programmes through lockdown. The economic disruption…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the availability of high-quality, center-based prekindergarten (pre-K) has increased, so too has the attention given to children’s learning experiences in the summer between pre-K and kindergarten. However, access to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Michigan schools are receiving billions of dollars of federal aid, the largest single infusion of cash ever, and have spent millions already. School leaders say the money will help more students return…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers at Aspen Institute identified four primary steps to re-designing retirement savings plans that are more inclusive and equitable in the United States. • How can donors help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 80% of higher education faculty report helping students with mental health issues, and 90% of faculty believe those issues have gotten worse during the pandemic, a nationwide survey finds.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Michigan launched a free college program for frontline workers last year during the pandemic, state officials expected to receive around 15,000 applicants. Instead, the program, called Futures for Frontliners, drew 120,000.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lack of capital access and ownership is a historic and systemic barrier to equity, especially for Black, Indigenous, and other racial groups, and women. A number of efforts are underway to address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a junior who is studying bioengineering, Amida Koroma has been a fixture on the dean’s list at the University of Maryland. Yet Koroma, who is Black, said she feels…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time when climate change was a bipartisan issue. George H. W. Bush’s administration was eager to work with Democrats on energy policy. But in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been nearly 4,000 attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders nationwide, according to the Stop AAPI Hate coalition. In Oakland, California, residents have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On April 26, 2020 Telish Gardner, a 49-year-old sanitation worker and father of four, was shot and killed in his home in south Los Angeles. Two days later, just a…