This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As the pandemic hits Native American communities, fortunately, there are Native American-led donation efforts that individuals can support to ensure reservations have access to essential supplies. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rob Jackson, a professor of earth system science in Stanford University’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, discusses the drop in CO2 emissions during the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this excerpt from The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid, Raj Kumar discusses the potential…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amelia Harper explains that as the name suggests, microgrants are small grants awarded to students for necessary items like textbooks, clothing, and meals to help them…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dylan Matthews argues against education philanthropy using the principles of effective altruism. • Matthews argues that funding education reform is ineffective because there are many competing…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and the TIAA Institute break down different approaches used in higher education philanthropy based on a survey of Grantmakers for Education members. • Which…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristin Musulin summarizes the CDC’s newly released plan to keep employees and travelers safe amidst a slow return to transit operations. • Public transit is important…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s new report, Policy Influence: What Foundations are Doing and Why, provides a welcome snapshot of the sector’s recent approach to policy engagement. Policy Influence highlights a chronic…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Heritage Foundation discusses four guiding principles for American immigration reform that include consent, compromise, patriotism, and law. • How can this report be used to change narratives…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I recently found myself reflecting on the speed of trust as I read “Overcoming the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding”, an illuminating new article based on a recent study by Echoing Green and The Bridgespan Group that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The emergence of online learning has increased screen time and decreased outdoor time for kids and will have an impact on children’s eyesight during COVID-19. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jeff Williams explores how foundations can increase annual spending and spend down endowment assets as a means of providing recovery funds for nonprofit organizations during this…