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Grace Nicolette

Vice President, Programming and External Relations

Grace oversees the organization’s partnerships, outreach efforts, fundraising, communications, and innovative programming. She is a co-host with CEP’s President Phil Buchanan of the widely acclaimed Giving Done Right podcast. Grace was formerly a client lead on CEP’s Assessment team, where she led the marketing, creation, and presentation of CEP’s benchmarking assessments for individual foundations. She is a frequent speaker to foundation staff and boards on topics of philanthropic effectiveness and philanthropy in China.

Prior to joining CEP, Grace co-founded a philanthropy advisory firm in Shanghai that identifies investments in high potential nonprofits and social enterprises in China. She was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011. Grace has an executive education certificate from Harvard’s Kennedy School in Global Leadership and Public Policy and graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania as a Benjamin Franklin Scholar. She resides with her husband and two children in Cambridge, and they are active members of their church.

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Nonprofits in Crisis: Recent Grantee Experiences Reveal the Necessity of Funders’ Attention and ActionPranathi Posa Senior Analyst, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEPMena Boyadzhiev Senior Director, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEPGeorgia Kazemi Analyst, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEP
Nonprofits in Crisis: Recent Grantee Experiences Reveal the Necessity of Funders’ Attention and Action

“A Sector in Crisis,” CEP’s recent research report, spotlights the nationwide effects of the current moment on nonprofits across the country — and, importantly, how foundations are (or, in some cases, are not) meeting the moment to support nonprofits. Effective...

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