This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a Black man who has worked with or for nonprofits for most of my career, I’ve become very familiar with how nonprofit boards recruit for board diversity; by my…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How DEI Influenced My Funding Strategy —Karen Grove As an upper-class, white woman with the privilege to engage philanthropically, the issue that inspired my first philanthropic activism was abortion rights.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Angely Mercado at Grist, interviews Erin Brockovich about her new book, detailing the underlying causes for America’s water crisis, reasoning that poor water protection policy has lead…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Native-led nonprofit Partnership With Native Americans (PWNA) is driving progress in tackling food insecurity on reservations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • How can donors help bolster…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropic institutions can pursue investments and design missions that are effectively serving their community needs. • How are you ensuring your investments are impactful? • Read…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In August, the Food and Drug Administration granted an Emergency Use Authorization to a new rapid antigen test for individuals showing COVID-19 symptoms for seven days…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How to Impact Public Policy as a Donor —Frayda Levy¹ I believe donors can make a positive impact on public policy, though it’s a multi-part process. You have to get…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Dani Nierenberg interviews food educators about how they are maintaining their commitment to their students in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. • As the pandemic wears on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers found that school resource officers at public schools did not improve school safety and increased the criminalization of school discipline. • Disproven techniques for improving safety –…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our youth are agents of change, young people’s inclusion in the peace and security agenda and society more broadly, is key to building and sustaining peace. Their role in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The potential impact of vaccines on human lives and on companies’ bottom lines are starting to clash, as the issue of social responsibility versus expensive research and development (R&D) and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It seems like it was just yesterday when we started to pay attention to an inconvenient truth, exhaustively analyzing the changes in environmental patterns. Whether most changes are man-generated or…