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Giving Compass Rebrands X4Impact as Giving Compass Insights and Welcomes Brandolon Barnett as Head of Innovation & Philanthropy Oct 12, 2023 Tech and philanthropy veteran Brandolon Barnett to lead Giving Compass Insights initiative Read More Dale Pfeifer Joins Giving Compass as New CEO May 16, 2023 Pfeifer brings more than a decade of philanthropy and technology experience to the five-year-old organization, which is committed to advancing social justice by connecting donors and advisors to curated knowledge and giving opportunities. Read More Giving Compass Announces the Appointment of Three New Board Members Jan 24, 2023 The new members will support the five-year-old organization, incorporated as an independent nonprofit in 2022, through the next period of growth. Read More Giving Compass Launches New Way For Donors To Connect To Hundreds Of Giving Circles Sep 28, 2021 Giving Compass will now feature the Global Giving Circle Directory -- a listing of hundreds of collective giving opportunities from Grapevine and Philanthropy Together Read More New Study: Less Than One-Fifth of COVID Response Funds Designed to Reach BIPOC Jul 2, 2020 Analysis by Giving Compass Identifies Gaps in Funding for Restructuring Systems to Advance Racial Equity Post-Pandemic Of 505 COVID response funds analyzed: -Less than 5% say they are addressing efforts to restructure systems to ensure equity for all. -Only 14% explicitly mention Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in their framing of the crisis or approach to the response. Read More Giving Compass and National Center for Family Philanthropy Partner to Provide Centralized List of COVID-19 Response and Relief Funds for Donors Apr 13, 2020 List includes more than 350 vetted giving opportunities (with more being added regularly) Read More Giving Compass in Partnership With The Raikes Foundation and Schwab Charitable Launches New Tools To Help Donors Give with Impact Nov 2, 2018 Giving Compass today announced the release of two new tools. First, we are offering a content integration tool offering US websites the opportunity to present a curated collection of giving resources from vetted sources in an enhanced user experience. Second, we are introducing the Giving Planner - a digital tool for donors to benchmark, plan, track, and analyze their giving from any device. Read More Giving Compass & New Profit Debut Partnership in Multimedia Content Series: Unlikely Duos Sep 14, 2018 Unlikely Duos features candid conversations with social problem-solvers. Read More CEO Ben Klasky Featured in GeekWire Feb 8, 2018 Ben Klasky appeared in GeekWire's Tech Moves column after Giving Compass announced his appointment to CEO. Read More Giving Compass Featured in Nguoi Viet Tay Bac - Northwestern Vietnamese News Feb 8, 2018 Giving Compass CEO Ben Klasky and CMO Shelly Kurtz appeared in a February issue of Nguoi Viet Tay Bac - Northwestern Vietnamese News. Read More Giving Compass Taps Ben Klasky, a Sector Leader, as CEO Feb 7, 2018 New era begins after learning from 100,000+ visits to givingcompass.org, making it the first successful spin-off from Giving Tech Labs Read More Giving Compass' Role In Impact Philanthropy Highlighted By Fast Company Jan 24, 2018 Giving Compass is mentioned in Fast Company's Jan. 23, 2018 article, "Tech's Super Rich Need a Crash Course On How to Donate For Impact" as a resource high-impact donors can use "to start learning the landscape." Read More Who Will Shake Up the Nonprofit Sector in 2018? Dec 19, 2017 Giving Compass experts look back on 2017 and predict the change makers in the year ahead Read More Giving Compass Releases Holiday Feel-Good Gift Guide Dec 4, 2017 Find 25 Gifts for Him, Gifts for Her, Gifts for the Kids, Gifts for the Family & Gifts for Friends Read More Giving Compass Partners with Philanthropy Roundtable to Expand Reach to Donors Nov 28, 2017 Philanthropy Roundtable Joins Growing List of Editorial Partners for Givingcompass.org Read More Giving Compass Featured In the New York Times Nov 15, 2017 Giving Compass and its partner The Philanthropy Workshop were highlighted in the New York Times, Nov. 10, 2017: "Forming a Picture of the New Philanthropist" Read More Giving Compass Encourages Impact Giving with Philanthropic Issue Funds from Bright Funds Foundation Oct 4, 2017 Giving Compass Chosen as Syndication Partner for Bright Funds Issue Funds, a Big Bet on the New Way for Donors to Gain Scale and Buying Power for Impact Giving Read More Giving Compass Releases New Experience Based on Learning from 25,000+ Beta Visitors Sep 28, 2017 In partnership with leading experts in the philanthropic sector, the portal offers resources, events,volunteering opportunities, funds, organizations and more to make it easier to give well Read More Giving​ ​Compass​ ​Partners​ ​with​ ​Mia​ ​Hamm​ ​to Level​ ​the​ ​Playing​ ​Field​ ​for​ ​Girls Aug 22, 2017 Join givingcompass.org in honor of Women’s Equality Day, August 26th Read More
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