This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “It is not enough to simply utter the words, ‘Black Lives Matter,’ we demand more. So much more. Who will defend and protect Black lives? Who will present a bold…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is supporting Project Ayuda to help undocumented farmworkers – essential workers who were excluded from the CARES Act. • What role…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Othering & Belonging Institute highlights the importance of Puerto Rico schools in the larger community tapestry and why closing schools has broad impacts on community wellbeing. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ryan Hobert and Christine Negra unpack the ways in which climate change threatens food security and the agricultural practices that can be used to fight climate change. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new report from WPI — COVID-19, Generosity, and Gender: How Giving Changed During the Early Months of a Global Pandemic — found that the majority of U.S. households engaged in charitable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mushroom clouds and radioactive air may seem the stuff of movies and black and white public service announcements, but the nuclear weapons threat never really left us. Though the risks…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Heart, head, and hands are the keys to effective philanthropy. When it comes to animals, the heart is easy: but how do we also use our heads? One of my…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Human trafficking is an ongoing global problem with many faces. There is no single formula for trafficking: it includes forced labor, coerced sex work, removal of organs, and slavery. Victims…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The spring of 2020 was marked by disruptions to society on a level many Americans had never experienced. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) had a devastating human toll, infecting more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Managing a nonprofit leadership transition, especially one involving the replacement of a long-standing founder, offers challenges even in the best of times. But when times are turbulent and marked by great…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) about how to build strong relationships between funders and their grantees finds that one important component is creating a grant selection process…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What are the main weaknesses, omissions, mistakes, flaws, bad judgments, and sins that a board or an individual board member can commit? Veering off the mission The most important guideline for…