Blog
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.
“Like a Business:” Toward a Deeper Discussion of “Overhead”
Q&A: Improving Application and Reporting Processes
What’s Unique about Funder Capacity?
Happy Holidays from CEP!
Around this time every year, our natural inclinations lead us to think back on the year as it has passed, reflecting on all that we’ve done, who we’ve done those things with, and how we’ve changed. Here at CEP, that’s what’s been on our...
Thank You to Our 2014 Tools Users
During our annual all-staff week at the end of the year, our assessment tools team has a tradition of sitting down together, grabbing some snacks, and listening as each of us shares an anecdote about how we’ve contributed to CEP’s impact for the year. 2014...
A Turning Point for Philanthropy in Ireland
Learning about Donor Satisfaction: Interviews with Community Foundation Leaders
Registration for the 2015 CEP Conference is Now Open!
ONE DC – Listening to Beneficiaries and Seeking Transformative Change
The following is an excerpt from the new research report, Hearing from Those We Seek to Help: Nonprofit Practices and Perspectives in Beneficiary Feedback. ONE DC was one of three randomly selected nonprofit organizations whose leaders rated them in the CEP survey as...
Turning the Tables: Assessing Our Own Assessment Tool
Gathering, analyzing, and acting upon feedback are key priorities here at CEP. These are the values that have driven us to develop our assessment tools, publish research reports that draw on the voices of key foundation stakeholders, and devote our energy to helping...
Are We Losing Our Humanity, While Saving the World?
Using Student Feedback: A Story from High Tech High
Understanding Your Customers…the Beneficiaries
Imagining a World Where Beneficiary Feedback is the Norm
Philanthropy’s Special Role in Supporting Community Recovery from Disasters
Closing the Citizen Feedback Loop
Hearing from Students: YouthTruth 3.0
A Call to Action for Funders: Listen, Reflect, and Learn
