This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The COVID-19 crisis has significantly stunted addiction treatment efforts, hindering the already limited alternatives, and exacerbating issues for individuals looking for support. • The pandemic is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are five key ways that community members can increase and advance student access and make an impact in education. • How can donors help with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Elizabeth Fields, chief operating officer at Gary Sinise Foundation, discusses the role of collaboration in crisis management and how leadership must harness that practice during tumultuous times. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here is an overview of the various issues with distance learning solutions for students, teachers and education administrators. • How can donors help alleviate some of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jessi Misslin explains how COVID-19 has increased the number of people in need of support from food banks while creating additional risk and need for precautions. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Gifts Through Long-term General Operating Support¹ – Diane Feeney I was 21 when my parents created a family foundation so their five children could learn about philanthropy. (They called…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across our nation today, 4.9 million youth between the ages of 16 and 24 are neither in school nor participating in the labor market. Known as “opportunity youth,” these young…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Three years ago, I read a report stating that, out of the tens of billions of dollars in annual philanthropic giving by U.S. foundations, an estimated 2% of funding from the nation’s largest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even after you have decided on your philanthropic goals, you may find it difficult to choose which organizations to fund when a number of them seem to be doing similar…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This content originally appeared in The Stanford PACS Guide to Effective Philanthropy. Researching Grantees of Credible Foundations A good way to learn about organizations that have already gone through a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ryan Malosh and Nina Masters explore the responses of various universities and colleges as they are re-opening and navigating fall semesters during COVID-19. • How can higher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Role of the Donor—Kathy Kwan The donor journey can be many things all at once for the individual donor: rewarding, humbling, lonely, exhilarating, and exasperating. Having funded more than…