This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During my time at the Solidaire Network, I recall a period when we received more than 300 proposals for one of our funds. We could only fund 15 of those…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Community schools in NYC and Long Island are making strides in adjusting to COVID-19 by partnering with local organizations to provide services to students and families…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In partnership with the Council on Foundations, the National Center for Family Philanthropy is pleased to release Balancing Purpose, Payout, and Permanence: Strategy Guide. How much should we spend? This…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Meredith Storton, writing for GreenBiz, discusses lessons learned after working with the Food System Transformation Fund, a pooled loan fund launched in 2010 to help rebuild regional processing,…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Dr. Billie Jo Kipp, associate director of research and evaluation at the Institute’s Center for Native American Youth, shares the difficulties facing Indigenous children and their mental health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are some lessons on SEL from dialogues between school leaders at RAND’s nationally representative American School Leader Panel and the virtual community at the #PrincipalProject’s national Principal Panel.…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this webinar, panelists share numerous innovative workforce development strategies aimed at making workplaces as safe and healthy as possible during the pandemic. • In what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tulaine Montgomery lays bare the data surrounding glaring racial disparities in philanthropy, the realities of which should drastically change funding strategies on a broad scale. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sophie Partridge-Hicks explains how increased turbulence in women’s employment and well-being has widened the global gender poverty gap during COVID-19. • How is the global gender…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each member of the board of directors plays a key role in the success of an organization, both in terms of governance and support. This matrix is designed to explain…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chicago Public Schools have a district initiative called “Chicago Connected,” aiming to expand internet access at no cost for low-income families. However, it’s been challenging to get…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Dani Nierenberg interviews Food Chain Worker Alliance Co-Directors about protections for food workers, specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic. • Issues for food and farm workers are not…