This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bham Strong is a public-private partnership that is helping to strengthen small businesses as part of COVID-19 relief and recovery effort in Alabama. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to a new report from Future Ready Schools, 16.9 million U.S. students (or about 8.4 million households) continue to lack home internet access. • How can donors help schools…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Local governments should establish digital equity offices that can help address the challenges brought on by digital divides. • What resources do local governments need to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here is the case for why C-suite professionals should care and engage with climate change and assess climate risk to their businesses. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review highlights effective, culturally appropriate methods of encouraging latrine possession and use. • How can funders use local knowledge to build effective programs? How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Peer-driven change is a naturally occurring social phenomenon that has existed since time immemorial. Recall the 19th century barn raisings in rural America, where everyone in the community put their shoulders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bruce DeBoskey shares lessons that he has learned from helping foundations building coherent philanthropy practices that align with their values and make an impact. • How does…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I’d had a nagging feeling for months. I loved my role as Education Fellowship Director at Camelback Ventures, a 6-month startup accelerator for people of color and women growing for-…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Only 4% of philanthropic capital gets invested in organizations led by Black and Latino/a/x leaders, while 76% of foundation staff identify as white. I am one of those well-intentioned foundation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just three years old, Black Voters Matter has already proven it may be young, but it’s mighty. The organization was founded after co-founders Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown successfully mobilized Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Clara Miller describes what the Heron Foundation learned from spending 100 percent of its endowment towards mission-aligned investments. • What are the challenges for other foundations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The data is clear about what nonprofits are facing right now. When CEP surveyed leaders of a representative set of nonprofits that receive at least some foundation funding in May, what…