This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sanya Carley and David Konisky explain that the recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is and will continue to prevent Americans from affording basic necessities including energy. …
Giving Compass’ Take: • Chuck Collins and Helen Flannery expose the risks facing the nonprofit sector and democracy caused by growing wealth inequality and resulting top-heavy philanthropy. • What role can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review looks at the role of “field catalysts” — intermediaries in social change efforts that focus on influencing direct action — and how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jeff Greenstein suggests that it is time for an intervention in the education sector utilizing three different methods: social entrepreneurship, for-profit entrepreneurship, and charity. • Is there room…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Frances Kunreuther and Sean Thomas-Breitfeld speak with Independent Sector about what nonprofits can do to eliminate the racial leadership gap in their organization. • What might bridging…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the sixth and final post in the “30 Lessons” blog series, based on our 30th anniversary publication 30 Lessons in Pursuit of Deep Social Impact, we thought it was only fitting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In order to survive the pandemic, IDR’s Vidya Shah claims creating transparent relationships between funders and nonprofits is essential for organizations to survive. • How are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brandy Jones and Janelle Williams, at The Hechinger Report, call for accountability in US higher education, which has been institutionally alienating and neglecting Black women for generations.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Foundations have been described over the years as providers of necessary risk capital, society’s passing gear, or necessary fuel for social innovators. But what does that look like in 2020? Are funders truly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are some ways that arts organizational leaders are engaging young people in social justice by adapting during the pandemic and using virtual tools. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Environmental watchdog Global Witness revealed that there was an increase in the number of land and environmental defenders killed from 2018 to 2019. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • School administrators are offering advice on how to address learning loss due to school closures because of the pandemic, deemed the ‘COVID slide.’ • According to administrators,…