Emily Radwin

Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services

Emily analyzes data, writes reports, and leads creation and presentation of CEP’s benchmarking assessments. She helped develop CEP’s approach to supporting funders’ data collection and thoughtful use of demographic data. Emily works alongside funders to help them customize an approach to understanding the demographics of their staffs, boards, and grantee organizations.

Prior to joining CEP in 2016, Emily supported training, program model design, and evaluation at the nonprofit BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life). She’s also previously worked as an elementary school teacher and served with AmeriCorps. Emily graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education & Psychology.

In her spare time, Emily enjoys spending time with friends, reading memoirs, and trying new restaurants.

Emily Radwin's Blog Posts

Building Capacity, Fostering Trust: A Look at Beyond-the-Grant Support at One Foundation
Emily Radwin Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEP
Lucy Brainard Director, Portfolio Success and Operations, Overdeck Family Foundation

Overdeck Family Foundation, a New York-based education funder, has engaged with the Center for Effective Philanthropy repeatedly over the years to seek out information and feedback to continuously enhance its work and impact. In its most recent CEP survey, the...

Opening the Doors: How a Lean Foundation Modernized Processes and Created New Channels of Communication with Grantees
Emily Radwin Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEP
Nina Stack Executive Director, The Champlin Foundation

The Champlin Foundation, a Rhode Island-based funder focused on capital investments, worked with the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) on its first Grantee Perception Report in 2019. After making a number of changes based on the feedback they received from their...

Your Questions About Demographic Data Collection, Answered
Emily Radwin Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEP

In recent years, CEP’s analysis of demographic data from its Grantee Perception Report and research datasets found that both Native American nonprofit leaders and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) nonprofit leaders were having less positive experiences with...

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Why Philanthropy Needs a New Language for Digital Risk
Jean Westrick Executive Director, Technology Association of Grantmakers

by Jean WestrickChloe Heskett | Apr 30, 2026

Ask most foundation leaders what “cybersecurity” means, and they’ll describe firewalls, phishing simulations, and password policies. They're not wrong, but what they describe is a much smaller problem than the one we face. Technology, however, is no longer just tools...

When Shift Happens, What Does It Mean for Philanthropy to Leave Well?
Laila Bell, M.P.A. Vice President, Learning and Impact, The Skillman Foundation
Stephanie Teleki, Ph.D. Director of Learning and Impact, The California Health Care Foundation
Jaime Vazquez, M.A. Senior Associate, Planning and Evaluation, The Pew Charitable Trusts

by Laila Bell, M.P.A., Stephanie Teleki, Ph.D., Jaime Vazquez, M.A.Chloe Heskett | Apr 28, 2026

When a foundation shifts course or steps away, what happens to the work — and to the people who depend on it? Few funders will support a single strategy or approach indefinitely. Needs routinely exceed available resources, forcing difficult choices about where a...

Funders Want Impact, Strong Coalitions Can Deliver It
Monica Martinez Program Director, College Success, Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund
Ria Sengupta Bhatt Founder and Principal Consultant, Mandala Strategies

by Monica Martinez, Ria Sengupta BhattLauren Chan | Apr 23, 2026

As California lawmakers were assembling the most recent state budget, a coalition of nonprofits played a leading role in securing emergency aid for undocumented students facing unexpected costs that could derail their journey to a...