This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This is the fourth post in “Complicating the Narrative on Bridging and Division,” a six-part blog series from CEP and PACE (Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement). This series seeks to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. CC BY-ND For all of the gains LGBTQ people have made over the past few decades, sports remain a highly visible reminder that homophobia and transphobia persist. In recent years,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By now, most of us have read or heard about how the philanthropic world has responded — and is still responding — to the dual crises of 2020. At this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The University of Wisconsin’s Stevens Point campus announced a plan to eliminate 13 humanities and social science majors, including English, history, political science, and foreign languages, while expanding programs such as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At a 2017 event hosted by The Wellbeing Project (TWP), Gabriela Gandel, executive director of the social entrepreneur network Impact Hub, expressed the need to address dysfunction and high rates of burnout across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On March 1, 1990, the US Secret Service executed a search warrant on Steve Jackson Games, a game and publishing company in Austin, Texas, and took its computers and floppy disks. The…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The inaugural Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) Survey indicated that the demographic makeup of social justice foundations differed significantly from other foundations. • What would account for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ninety-five local governments across 33 states procured 3,638 megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy generation capacity in 2020 through 143 deals, the largest amount of capacity ever added in one…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This brief focuses on the policy and budget levers available for English learning funding at the federal, state, and local levels. • How can donors play…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fewer than half of inmates in jails and prisons surveyed in a new study said they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine. The majority surveyed either said they wanted to wait…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Intergenerational shared sites are not a new concept in the United States. Messiah Lifeways, a residential community for older adults in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, opened more than 40 years ago with a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The words “facemask” and “hand sanitiser” are now familiar the world over, but for isiZulu speakers in South Africa those terms did not exist a year ago, until a group…