This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alex Amouyel and Casey van der Stricht explain how donors can leverage donor-advised funds to invest in early-stage entrepreneurship and innovation. • What are the challenges…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Anita Kumar, writing for India Development Review, describes the CSR response to COVID-19 in India and explores the current funding landscape. • How is the funding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sean Illing interviews Andrew Lakoff about the history of the national stockpile and why it was not appropriately prepared for COVID-19. • How can funders work to fill…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Saralyn Cruickshank highlights the features of Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 map. • What does the data look like in your community? • Find COVID-19 funds to support. A…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Having firmly committed ourselves to recognizing and combating systemic racism and having made that a fundamental goal of our philanthropy…we must do our part to support not only our own…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the coronavirus pandemic intensifies, philanthropists are struggling to respond. Nearly the entire world suddenly has the same urgent needs: more and better diagnostic testing, personal protective and respiratory equipment, food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. News last week that Donor-advised Funds (DAFs) saw a surge in March disbursements (up to 120 percent) in response to COVID-19 is just one indicator of an edge that individual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More students are filing financial aid appeals due to the economic impact of coronavirus on their finances. SwiftStudent is a website that can help inform them of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Federal assistance for utility costs would be helpful and necessary for families struggling to pay their bills during the pandemic. • The author suggests that long-term…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lea Trusty, writing for Media Impact Funders, describes what it means to embed equity in journalism and what donors can do to promote equitable practices throughout the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An environmental toxicologist explains how wood smoke exposure can put firefighters in extra danger battling coronavirus. • As summer approaches, and wildfire season is already starting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stay-at-home orders have put a strain on early childhood education programs that are unable to move to online platforms or provide distance learning. • How can…