NEW CEP RESEARCH
BRIDGING THE GAP:
Grantee Perspectives
on Intermediary Funders
What are grantees’ experiences with intermediary funders? Read CEP’s research on the topic – the largest study of grantee experiences with intermediary organizations to date.
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Featured Resources
State of Nonprofits 2024: What Funders Need to Know
This report takes the pulse of nonprofit leaders in 2024, based on a nationally representative panel of U.S. nonprofits, and also offers insight into these organizations’ financial results and their experience with their funders.
New Attitudes, Old Practices: The Provision Of Multiyear General Operating Support
Nonprofit Diversity Efforts: Current Practices And The Role Of Foundations
Foundations Respond to Crisis: Lasting Change?
Policy Influence: What Foundations Are Doing And Why
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From the Blog
Navigating AI from Programs to Operations: Lessons from the Annenberg Foundation
We find ourselves at a pivotal moment in philanthropy: The choices we make about emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) right now could have lasting impacts on the communities we serve. At the Annenberg Foundation, we are exploring AI’s potential not...
Embracing Trust, Eschewing Dogma in Philanthropic Practice
Trust-based philanthropy is the phrase of the moment, and all those associated with the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project deserve tremendous credit for the way they have influenced grantmakers. As we at CEP have documented in a series of research reports, foundations’...
Our Own Medicine: Learning from Feedback at CEP
It will surprise no one that at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), we’re big fans of feedback. For more than two decades, we’ve been encouraging funders to seek confidential feedback to get a clearer sense of their impact, build stronger relationships, and...