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Giving Compass’ Take: • Ounce of Prevention Fund provides detailed instructions for and examples of different forms of advocacy that individuals can use to advance early childhood initiatives.  • Which…

The 2020 Census tells us what we already knew: the country is diverse and continuing to diversify at a rapid rate — in urban, suburban, and rural areas. The data…

If you’ve never lived in or visited the U.S. Southwest, you might picture it as a desert that is always hot and dry. But this region experiences a monsoon in…

What’s the question you are most frequently asked when trying to set up a new sustainability initiative? I bet “how much will it cost?” is a leading contender. It’s no…

Between 2012 and 2020, migrant workers from Mexico were recruited by companies in Illinois to construct hog and poultry enclosures under the H-2A temporary agricultural program. They came to the…

Philanthropy is inherently shaped – not only by strategy and performance metrics – but by the quality of our relationships. That became ever so clear to me as I listened…

During the global financial crisis of ‘08-’09, those in power pushed for system protection, system maintenance and system recovery when what was urgently needed then and even more urgently needed…

It’s all about listening. As I had the honour of talking with Theo Sowa, co-chair of the Equality Fund, during our keynote session at the Innovations in International Philanthropy Symposium,…

The Fund for Safe Communities was established in 2018 to support tangible, specific, and meaningful actions to address and prevent violence. This fund supports organizations and efforts focused on addressing…

Black women have nearly a three-fold increased risk of triple negative breast cancers, according to a new study. These types of cancer have a poor prognosis. The analysis of nearly…

Today, community gardens can be found in towns across Croatia, and Varaždin is riding that wave of success with a new project: a community orchard with about 200 pear and…

We are living in an unprecedented time, facing a global health pandemic, climate change, natural and humanitarian disasters, structural inequalities, and much more, requiring us to rethink philanthropy and to…