This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research indicates that 40% of low-income Americans were already facing food insecurity and struggled with consistent access to food for their families before the pandemic. • COVID-19 intensifies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alexi Jones and Wendy Sawyer share data that reveals that U.S. police kill dramatically more civilians than police in similarly wealthy countries. • These instances of police…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brentin Mock reveals how cities allocate millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money towards the legal cost of police violence as opposed to improving marginalized communities. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The medical field has long been recognized as one of the most stressful professions, but now reports show that it is the leading profession in suicide. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sustainable forests can be valuable assets in the fight against climate change. Here are the ways that managing forests sustainably can help limit global warming levels. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is an Indianapolis-based nonprofit that publishes STEM curricula with the support of philanthropic partners. • PLTW serves five million students across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Technological advancements are happening so rapidly today; what seemed impossible yesterday is today’s status quo. Combined with the generally optimistic, can-do attitude prevalent in philanthropy, you have the recipe for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Artificial intelligence is proving to be useful in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic but does require management. Here are five ways that nonprofit leaders can participate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At The Marshall Project, Weihua Li demonstrates how racial disparities in arrests have persisted and even increased despite lower crime rates during coronavirus. • What will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Emily Pontecorvo explains that hurricanes disproportionately harm communities of color, but a lack of media coverage on the subject means that the public isn’t informed. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tiffany Smith explains how policymakers and nonprofits are working to improve maternal health outcomes for Black women, who disproportionately die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • FIRST is an after school program that launched 30 years ago for STEM education and is now inspiring over 50,000 students and has since started adding…