This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today’s entrepreneurial philanthropists seek strategies to make a positive social impact and multiply their financial impact. Impact investing is a strategy that enables achievement of both goals and it’s why…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jeffrey R. Young, writing for EdSurge, discusses the rush of interest to participate in a gap year from prospective college students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay successfully initiated local philanthropy efforts to create a Nonprofit Needs List that matched local nonprofits with givers to provide resources. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The COVID-19 pandemic is creating meatpacking bottlenecks, making it difficult to house and care for additional animals in these plants. • This will cause major dilemmas…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tulane University successfully pivoted and adapted after Hurricane Katrina, creating a useful example of what effective community engagement strategies look like. • What is the role…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • David Disiere shares three ways that businesses can engage in volunteering and philanthropy while highlighting both benefits for the company and the community. • How can corporate social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nonprofits require funders to bankroll their programs, but often funders accidentally undermine the nonprofits they aim to help. • How can funders better serve nonprofits? Why…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Medium post, The Center for Election Science’s Executive Director Aaron Hamlin discusses account beneficiaries, planned trusts, wills and other forms of planned giving everyone should…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kathleen D. McCarthy reviews Melinda Gates’ book: The Moment of Lift, and discusses central themes relating to women in the workplace, investing in women and girls,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rachel Thompson illustrates how Gina Martin used her activism to successfully campaign against sexual assault, making ‘upskirting’ illegal. • How can you support activists like Gina…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, shares his work in social justice philanthropy at Penn Pavilion where he gave the Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture. • Walker…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Laura Tomasko explains that impact investments could help fill funding gaps for small businesses and nonprofit organizations that do not have access to loan assistance or…