State of Nonprofits 2025:
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Featured Resources
Breaking the Mold
Read the third and final report in CEP’s study on the impact of MacKenzie Scott’s gifts on nonprofit recipients, “Breaking the Mold: The Transformative Effect of MacKenzie Scott’s Big Gifts.”
Challenging Times: How U.S. Nonprofit Leaders are Experiencing the Political Context
Much Alarm, Less Action: Foundations & Climate Change
Foundations Respond to Crisis: Lasting Change?
Bridging the Gap: Grantee Perspectives on Intermediary Funders
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From the Blog
Belaboring the Change: What If Funder Organizing Learned from Worker Power Building?
“Philanthropy is where organizers go to retire.” For those of us who transition into the world of charitable giving from roles in organizing and advocacy, it’s common to hear this sentiment shared — half-jokingly. While it may not hold true for all, it highlights the...
Responding to the Current Context: Resources for Funders
The change in presidential administrations has created new challenges for funders and the nonprofits whose work they support. Executive actions have targeted DEI and mis-characterized the work of nonprofit organizations; federal funding to crucial nonprofits has been...
The Future is Ours to Make: What If Solidarity Was the Blueprint for Philanthropy?
Individualism. Competition. Risk aversion. Short-termism. Scarcity. Presumed expertise. Many of the norms by which philanthropy operates perpetuate the very narratives our sector seeks to change. In this series on the CEP blog, contributors who represent a...