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Featured Resources
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.
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
Calling All Donors (and Would-Be Donors): The Vital U.S. Nonprofit Sector is Under Threat and Must Be Protected
Nonprofits are facing significant, arguably unprecedented, challenges and it’s crucial that donors, whatever their ideologies or particular programmatic goals or priorities, pay attention. Three developments, in particular, worry me: a drop in rates of giving to...
Words of Wisdom: Advice from Donors for 2025
Earlier this week, my colleague Emma Relle shared a post to kick off the new year featuring a selection of candid feedback for funders from grantees that CEP surveyed in 2024. Their comments bring into sharp relief the grantmaking practices, strategies, and attitudes...
What Are You Bringing to 2025 and Leaving Behind in 2024? Here’s What Your Grantees Are Saying
A new year is often a moment to pause and reflect — about what we’ve been doing well that we’d like to carry forward into 2025, and some things that we’ll be glad to leave behind in 2024. But reflecting on ourselves in an objective, productive way can be difficult —...