This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More About This Organization: Fathers and Families of San Joaquin works to create strong, healthy families and communities where children are nurtured, women are honored, fathers engaged, and our elders respected.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To help students during the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government eased restrictions to allow schools to provide students with free meals. These initiatives provide a valuable benefit to hungry students,…
Carrie Avery, chair of the Durfee Foundation board and former chair of the NCFP board, never imagined she would be leading her family’s philanthropy. As a member of the Steering…
Edgar Villanueva has been a force in the sector, challenging philanthropy to reckon with the history of wealth accumulation in the US, to work in authentic relationship with grantee partners,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In order to thrive in today’s rapidly changing world, children need rich learning opportunities in and out of school that allow them to adapt and engage in independent and lifelong…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is the world leader in incarceration and keeps nearly 7 million persons under correctional control. More than 2 million are in prison or jail, and 4.6 million…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. MacKenzie Scott, author and the first accountant at Amazon, is leading a new wave of individual social impact philanthropy. Late in 2020, she announced her latest round of almost $6 billion in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In an age of mega-donors and flashy facilities, higher education philanthropy increasingly is about bigness. Philanthropists and foundations scramble to put their names on buildings, endow chairs in popular departments,…
Donors practicing venture philanthropy see their gifts as investments and draw on the analytical rigor of the for-profit world to assess the nonprofit organizations they support. It has become increasingly…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Justin Milner et al. summarize a collaboration between Urban Institute and Urban Alliance that used behavioral science insights to modify an internship program. • How should…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We all know that nonprofits—which foundations depend on to pursue shared goals—are facing unprecedented challenges. Already in May of 2020, when CEP surveyed its nationally representative grantee panel, 80 percent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For a new study, published in Nature Energy, researchers analyzed the results of a nationally representative survey of 2,381 adults below the federal poverty line. Conducted in April and May 2020,…