This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Youth vs. Apocalypse, a network of young climate justice activists in the San Francisco Bay Area, is planning a three-day youth-led digital strike this year for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are five ways to execute effective and compassionate nonprofit leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. • How can donors ensure that nonprofit leaders feel supported and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are some ideas on how to be a useful and helpful volunteer by self-organizing and mobilizing during COVID-19. • Are there local mutual aid groups…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Institute for Policy Studies has identified problems with donor-advised funds – namely the potential for hoarding money – and policy recommendations to ensure that this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group and a pioneer of patriotic philanthropy, shares insights into what it means to use your funds to better your country. • Why…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alberto Ibarguen explains why Knight Foundation funds art and how other funders can follow their lead to make an impact on communities. • How could this approach…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Jeff Murray explains that unequal access to technology for schools and students is limiting progress, opportunity and potential. · What are some factors limiting equal access…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The documentary “Without A Net,” examines the complexities of the education technology divide in America and the impact it will have on the future workforce as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Technology is influencing every aspect of society, and philanthropy is no exception. Giving is increasingly taking place online, and the Internet has shifted how organizations and individuals fundraise and circulate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Patti Verbanas outlines the changes that are needed in order to make emergency childcare safer during the COVID-19 pandemic. • These changes will require will, know-how, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, US donors and the vitally important nonprofits and NGOs they fund are thinking about how to cope with the challenges of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many endowed private foundations are wrestling right now with the question of whether to increase their grant spending from what they originally budgeted, even as their endowment values have shrunk,…