This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • David Bley, Director of the Pacific Northwest division of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, shares lessons and stories highlighting important partnerships that lead to successful community philanthropy. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Melissa Breyer reports that research shows that plants can help combat air pollution in a cheap, environmentally friendly way that does not require technology. • Considering…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Neeta Routela discusses six lessons that she learned from her time with a feminist organization that works with women in rural and urban communities across India. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley lay out changes that could address the rising inequality in the United States. • How can funders best take action to make…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part two in a three-part series. Read part one and part three. Philanthropy is continuing to miss the mark on addressing root causes of the exacerbated outcomes we’re witnessing from COVID-19…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Market-creating innovation is a strategy that can address poverty through a transformation of products that were previously expensive to affordable and simple for consumers to understand.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Zia Khan and John McArthur, at The Rockefeller Foundation, lay out a plan to blaze a path through crisis focused on the Sustainable Development Goals. • Why…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Johane Alexis-Phanor shares five ways in which mainstream philanthropy ignores the problems of communities of color and fails to prioritize their needs. • How can mainstream philanthropy address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kelly Lamb Pollock lists six ways that community arts organization leaders can become more accountable to the communities they serve. • What are the challenges with arts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer share three community development strategies they have learned after years of working in the international development space. • What do community…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Sarah Holder takes a look at how a program is combating inequality by working to boost economic mobility for low-income citizens across the United States. · Why is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank reports on Denmark’s plan to climate label their food products in an effort to give consumers knowledge on their carbon footprint and shine a light…