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The CEP blog aims to offer a range of perspectives, experiences, and opinions related to effective philanthropic practice. We welcome submissions that address crucial issues facing individual and institutional donors and are not self-promotional in nature. The views expressed in these posts are not necessarily CEP’s own.
[vc_row el_class="sixtysix-thirtythree"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]This is the third post in a six-part series on what nonprofit leaders think foundation funders could improve upon in their work. Findings are based on survey responses from 244 nonprofit...
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]At the Equitable Evaluation Initiative, we believe that evaluators in the philanthropic sector have a moral imperative to design and implement evaluations that contribute to equity. This can happen by: Answering...
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Complex change strategies can benefit from the expertise of funders, intermediaries, and evaluators, in addition to community partners. This collective expertise is even more essential today — as more funders...
This is the second post in a six-part series on what nonprofit leaders think foundation funders could improve upon in their work. Findings are based on survey responses from 244 nonprofit leaders who have agreed to be a part of CEP’s Grantee Voice...
[vc_row el_class="sixtysix-thirtythree"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]We need philanthropy and the nonprofits it supports right now. We really do.After all, we have a federal government that is highly dysfunctional and (as I write this) currently partially...
[vc_row el_class="sixtysix-thirtythree"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Last fall, YouthTruth sat down with Dr. J. Michael Durnil, president and CEO of Simon Youth Foundation (SYF), to learn more about how listening to beneficiary voice has helped SYF in its...
A couple of weeks ago, CEP Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services, Charlotte Brugman was joined by City Bridge Trust Funding and Social Investment Director Tim Wilson and C&A Foundation Head of Effective Philanthropy Lee Risby for an insightful webinar...
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]When I decided to make a career pivot from journalism to philanthropy, one nonprofit leader remarked to me that I was “going to the dark side.” In the newsroom, the dark side always meant a public relations...
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Thanks to Lindsay Louie’s generous invitation, I had the opportunity to do a reverse site visit at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in October (disclaimer: Hewlett is a leading grant funder of CEP). For a...
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]This is the third post in a series on “The Art of Philanthropy,” a high-altitude look at the power foundations hold, related issues, and potential solutions. Conversations within and between foundations used...
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]When grantmakers consider providing capacity-building support for the first time or refining their existing capacity-building support, it can be challenging to figure out where to begin. What kind of questions should we...
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]The relationship between foundations and grantees is a topic that the social sector has been discussing for years. Collectively — through scholarly research, industry-wide surveys, and opinion pieces — we have...
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Foundations use knowledge to make decisions. A recent report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy, Understanding & Sharing What Works: The State of Foundation Practice, shows that 80 percent of foundation CEOs...
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]This is the first post in a series on “The Art of Philanthropy,” a high-altitude look at the power foundations hold, related issues, and potential solutions. The art of philanthropy begins with balance and...