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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.
Guest author Sean Dobson, field director at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, shares key findings from NCRP research underlying the Philanthropy’s Promise Initiative.
Ellie Buteau shares a data point with a lesson for foundations on how to make the evaluation process more helpful for their grantees.
Phil Buchanan finishes his six-part series by urging the nonprofit sector to more forcefully articulate its success and value.
Guest author Anne Warhover shares how the Colorado Health Foundation is using data to measure performance and influence strategy.
In the penultimate installment of his six-part series, Phil Buchanan questions the assertion that business is more likely to solve societies greatest problems than the nonprofit sector.
The fourth post in Phil Buchanan’s blog series advises nonprofits to avoid buying into the widely held notion that “business thinking” is a synonym for effectiveness.
Phil Buchanan continues his blog series with a third installment defending the nonprofit label and discussing why “nonprofitness” matters.
In the second of a six part blog series, Phil Buchanan argues against the blurring of boundaries between the business and nonprofit sectors.
Stephen Sullivan announces the launch of a new look and feel for the CEP blog.
Phil Buchanan starts a series of six blog posts clarifying the boundaries between the business and nonprofit sectors by questioning our idealization of markets.
Guest author Antony Bugg-Levine discusses results from Nonprofit Finance Center’s State of the Sector Survey and suggests steps funders can take to ease the financial burdens of their grantees.
Following up on his last post about the background of CEOs at the 100 largest foundations, Phil Buchanan further delves into the question of gender breakdown of that cohort.
Stephen Sullivan shares his reflections on the EPIP 2012 National Conference.
Ellie Buteau highlights a data point on one measure of how foundation leaders openly present their strategies.
Phil Buchanan examines where current foundation CEOs came from and what that means for the future of philanthropic leadership.
With the announcement of a transition in leadership, Phil Buchanan reflects on the past and future of the YouthTruth project.
Austin Long makes the case that regularly checking the pulse of foundation employees is a critical step in assessing organizational effectiveness.
Ellie Buteau presents findings drawn from our Grantee Perception Report on the level of communication funders and their grantees are having related to racial diversity.
Ellie Buteau and Kevin Bolduc introduce the ways in which CEP has begun to study racial diversity in the philanthropic sector.
Guest author Joel Orosz examines the sometimes frustrating experience of applying for a grant — and what that means for practitioners of philanthropy.