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    Calibrating Your Role to Strengthen Funder Connections to Communities

    Exponent Philanthropy Sep 18, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are some helpful guideposts for funders to meaningfully connect with their communities by calibrating their leadership roles to forge strong relationships.  • How are you…

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    Launching the Bay Area Homelessness Funders Network

    Northern California Grantmakers Sep 18, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Jackie Downing shares the resilience strategies and work of the Bay Area Homelessness Funders Network, a group of philanthropic leaders that collaborate to address homelessness in…

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    High-impact Nonprofits Advancing Social Justice in Silicon Valley

    Fidelity Charitable

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Magnify Community and Fidelity Charitable partnered to create this list of vetted organizations working effectively to advance social justice to address the dramatic inequality of Silicon…

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    Understanding the Charitable Impact of Women [Audio]

    Stanford Social Innovation Review

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this podcast, Michael Voss interviews Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz and Andrea Pactor about the impact of women in the charitable giving space. • Pactor says that women…

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    Who Should Get a COVID-19 Vaccine First? [Video]

    The Conversation Sep 18, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Nicole Hassoun discusses the criteria that are being used to determine the optimal distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine as it becomes available.  • Hassoun highlights disagreements about criteria,…

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    OneAmerica: What Power Building in Immigrant and Refugee Communities Looks Like

    Democracy and Philanthropy Sep 18, 2020

    OneAmerica has a history of supporting immigrants and refugees in the U.S. Originally named Hate Free Zone, it was founded in the wake of 9/11 to address backlash against these…

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    Immigrant Families Struggle to Have Needs Met During COVID

    Urban Institute Sep 18, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this report, organizations serving immigrant families during COVID-19 expose the economic barriers preventing communities from accessing support for their basic needs. • How do legal…

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    Introducing a New Podcast from CEP: Giving Done Right

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Sep 18, 2020

    In a world rife with pressing problems, we have the capacity to make a difference through how we choose to put the resources we hold to use. But why is…

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    A New Wave of Philanthropy to Support Black-Led Organizations

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Sep 18, 2020

    The Libra Foundation has funded people of color (POC)-led groups in the social justice space for years, and we applied what we’ve learned about funding in this space to the…

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    Questions to Consider When Re-opening Nonprofits

    BoardSource Sep 18, 2020

    Right now, state and local governments across the country have started to consider re-opening certain businesses and, what a phased re-entry might look like. As a nonprofit leader, you may…

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    Questioning Your Payout Policies During COVID-19

    Stanford PACS Sep 18, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • At Stanford PACS, Catherine Crystal Foster urges philanthropists to analyze whether their payout policies during COVID-19 truly reflect their giving capacity. • Have you adjusted your…

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    How Ed Tech Tools Can Help Drive Equitable Outcomes

    EdSource Sep 17, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Educators can help level playing fields for students during this time by utilizing edtech tools and helping support the students that use them. • What other…

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