This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From 2007 to 2017, the number of giving circles—a group of volunteers who combine their financial resources and skills to solve social problems rooted in their local communities—tripled. This increasingly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When a severe winter storm tore through Texas last Monday, Kirby Lynch lost water and power in her RV home in Collin County. The snow came up to her ankles…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Working in meatpacking plants has always been dangerous. A recent study shows that it became deadlier in the era of COVID-19, even as company profits soared. This analysis, published in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few months ago a program officer and I were talking about the lack of funding that goes to communities-of-color-led nonprofits (only about 10% of philanthropic dollars go to organizations of color).…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today’s climate justice activists are applying that same lens when they highlight the dangers these US communities face from climate change’s effects—increased coastal and riverine flooding, longer heat waves and droughts,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As complex systems unfold—and mankind’s impact on them and theirs on us is revealed—we are left searching for the most effective ways to understand and respond to the changing world…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cities across the United States, and New York City especially, are dealing with explosive virus transmission rates and dwindling hospital resources. It makes sense that city dwellers are itching to flee…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has laid bare a long-standing challenge to America’s economic landscape: an underpaid, underappreciated, and underprepared workforce that has recently faced the harshest of economic blows. Part of the solution…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Twenty percent fewer kindergartners on track to learn how to read than their peers were at this time last year, and most haven’t made much progress since the fall, according…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past several decades, a number of different critiques of nonprofit work have emerged. Inevitably, these critiques have a strong basis — they identify real and specific issues in…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this report, four organizations engaged in Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Generation Work initiative describe work-based learning opportunities for young adults of color. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are all far too aware of the historic challenges of 2020. While much has been written about the acute challenges brought on by the pandemic, the shuttering of businesses,…