This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • ReFED’s COVID-19 Food Waste Solutions Fund partnered with Second Servings of Houston to help mitigate food waste and tackle hunger issues in Houston. • The fund significantly helped the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In Detroit, schools and community organizations are addressing chronic absenteeism by running a campaign to ensure students are enrolled during the COVID-19 pandemic. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Camelback Ventures’ mission is clear-cut: To identify, develop, and promote early-stage BIPOC and women entrepreneurs with the aim to increase individual and community education, and generational wealth. Camelback’s long game…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this podcast episode, Dani Nierenberg interviews Haile Thomas about educating the next generation on healthy eating and how young people are fortifying the broader sustainable food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Outsourcing: Finding Effective Organizations Early in the Philanthropy Journey—Craig Silverstein and Mary Obelnicki, Co-Founders of Echidna Giving When we started in philanthropy, we started by giving to re-granting organizations. We…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “It is not enough to simply utter the words, ‘Black Lives Matter,’ we demand more. So much more. Who will defend and protect Black lives? Who will present a bold…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is supporting Project Ayuda to help undocumented farmworkers – essential workers who were excluded from the CARES Act. • What role…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Othering & Belonging Institute highlights the importance of Puerto Rico schools in the larger community tapestry and why closing schools has broad impacts on community wellbeing. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new report from WPI — COVID-19, Generosity, and Gender: How Giving Changed During the Early Months of a Global Pandemic — found that the majority of U.S. households engaged in charitable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The spring of 2020 was marked by disruptions to society on a level many Americans had never experienced. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) had a devastating human toll, infecting more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Managing a nonprofit leadership transition, especially one involving the replacement of a long-standing founder, offers challenges even in the best of times. But when times are turbulent and marked by great…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What are the main weaknesses, omissions, mistakes, flaws, bad judgments, and sins that a board or an individual board member can commit? Veering off the mission The most important guideline for…