This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated long-standing threats facing Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people in the housing market. Before the pandemic, these groups were more likely to experience housing instability, housing cost burdens,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past two decades, giving circles have exploded in popularity, especially among diverse audiences — across race, gender, and income levels. Collective giving as a concept is not new…
Giving Compass’ Take: • A report at Othering & Belonging Institute focuses on the implications of digital policing in schools on racialized policing towards students in BIPOC communities. • What are other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Older people living in less advantaged neighborhoods become disabled roughly two years earlier than their counterparts in more affluent neighborhoods, according to a new study. The findings shed new light…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since London launched its ULEZ in 2019, several other cities in England have adopted or announced similar plans for clean air zones. Although no U.S. cities have instituted their own clean…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A lot has happened over the past month that had the potential to convince vaccine hesitant Americans to get the jab: More than 1,000 Americans are dying every day, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before I joined Lacuna Giving Circle, there was a gap in my personal philanthropy that I couldn’t ignore. My husband—a high school teacher—and I—a nonprofit fundraiser—contributed to several causes we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since mid-2020, MacKenzie Scott has made charitable donations totaling close to $8.6 billion across more than 780 nonprofit organizations and universities — a philanthropic tsunami announced not with launch events…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Women’s Philanthropy Institute today released Gender and Crowdfunding which examines overall gender differences in how women and men give to crowdfunding campaigns. The report uncovers notable insights on women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Don’t look now, but today’s “traditional” American household has a decidedly different look. The 1950s Beaver Cleaver family model of a married couple, two kids, and a white picket fence…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The current opioid epidemic is a complex problem reflecting the many challenges inherent in our healthcare system. Opioids* are a class of prescription medications providing significant benefits to patients with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I work with a set of grantmakers who are passionately invested in funding a group of people and related policy and practice issues that are very much under siege at…