This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to a new study, many more Americans experience major depressive episodes than researchers previously thought. • What might be some underlying reasons for these higher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dan Corry, writing for NPC, reflects on the effectiveness and recent increase in volunteers due to the COVID-19 epidemic. • How have nonprofit organizations benefitted from this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research reveals that Black and Hispanic pregnant women in Philadelphia are more likely to have been exposed to COVID-19 compared to white and Asian women. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite the trends of the future workforce pointing toward more technology, employers are also looking for applicants with effective soft skills. Liberal arts colleges may have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Skoll discusses the progress made toward SDG 6: Ensuring availability and sustainable management of WASH for all, and finds that many urban areas around the world…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Telehealth is helping communities, especially students, have access to virtual healthcare in an effort to reduce absenteeism and improve student quality of life. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jaymes Pyne explains why girls’ higher engagement in school doesn’t exactly balance the scales for gender equity in education. • How do stereotypes and bias contribute…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Elise Goldstein lists five practices funders can employ in their giving to promote diversity and equity in local journalism. • Why is equity in local journalism…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Getting Smart, Tom Vander Ark and Devin Vodicka ponder the benefits of COVID microgrants, small funds that could offer families more choice in their children’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tony Reames talks with Grist about the potential benefits of revised household energy-efficiency programs for environmental and racial justice in the U.S. • How do minority…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There is limited COVID-19 data and how it impacts the LGBTQ community because the U.S. government is not yet collecting detailed data on how this virus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Amelia Harper explains how an after-school program in North Carolina is helping students build problem-solving and soft skills by pairing them to work with local businesses to solve real-world…