This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When asked, “What kind of society do we want to build?” I did what I always do when I am grappling with hard questions and looking for inspiration. I turn…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Historically, nonprofits have gotten nearly a third of their charitable donations just during the month of December. In recent years, this flurry of giving has begun on #GivingTuesday, an online…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was clear before the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season started that it was going to be busy. Six months later, we’re looking back at a trail of broken records, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A child who grows up in a low-income household could have a worse memory after the age of 50, the Atlantic reports. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February of 2017, 64 healthy adult Kenyans checked into a university residence in the coastal town of Kilifi. After a battery of medical tests, they proceeded, one by one,…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Grassroots Fund provides a practical guide to shifting power, highlighting five main components that are essential to the process. • Can these practices improve your philanthropic efforts?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Wellcome Data Labs we are developing a new method of applying approaches from the social sciences to the way AI algorithms are produced to solve data science problems. The goal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Migration to wildfire-prone U.S. cities continues to rise despite an estimated 9.3 million acres of land that are expected to burn in the U.S. annually by 2050, according to new research by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year, the year before, the year before that, the year before that, and the year before that, we published a set of suggestions for individual donors looking for organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just before Independence Day, scores of land defenders gathered at the national memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota as President Trump took the stage for a rally. They…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This has to be the year that pushes newsrooms to make progress on diversity and inclusion. As the Covid-19 crisis exposed glaring racial health disparities in the U.S., and as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By Anastasia Moloney Cities must move to the front line of efforts to fight gender inequality that has grown worse in the coronavirus pandemic, said six mayors from three continents…