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A Sector in Crisis: How U.S. Nonprofits and Foundations Are Responding to Threats
As nonprofits face historic challenges, new data from the Center for Effective Philanthropy reveals how nonprofits are faring and how foundations are responding.
Board Book Insert – State of Nonprofits 2026: What Funders Need to Know
Foundation Governance Today: How Boards and CEOs Are Navigating Risk, Accountability, and a Shifting Landscape
Breaking the Mold: The Transformative Effect of MacKenzie Scott's Big Gifts
AI With Purpose: How Foundations and Nonprofits Are Thinking About and Using Artificial Intelligence
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From the Blog
Rest Is Infrastructure — It’s Time Foundations Treated It That Way
"So much of my work life was driven by the feeling that my work is who I am, and all I have. Realizing that isn't actually true was huge for me." – Sabbatical Grantee For decades, funders have invested in sabbaticals for nonprofit leaders — one grant, one leader, one...
Is the Call to Give More Distracting Foundations From Giving Better?
I’ve appreciated seeing CEP’s leaders contribute thoughtful viewpoints in recent weeks on some of the burning topics facing our field. I’m thinking specifically about Phil Buchanan’s column about smart approaches to perpetual funding and Kevin Bolduc’s recent...
The Sector Is Still Burning – Here’s What We Know Now
Two years ago, burnout in the nonprofit sector was a five-alarm fire — and it’s only spread and raged further since then. At the time, I wrote “A Call for Self-Care in Social Impact” for this publication where I pointed to troubling statistics about the rate and...