Ellie Buteau, PhD defends experimental design as an informative and rigorous means of assessment.
Experimental Design Can Be a Powerful Evaluation Tool
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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.
A Dose of Honesty: Expectations
Kevin Bolduc encourages funders to be clear about setting grantees’ expectations for processes and requirements, noting it will lay a foundation for greater trust and understanding.
A Dose of Honesty: The Tyranny of the Anecdote
Kevin Bolduc shares a few scathing examples of grantee comments about foundations, but urges funders not to let these colorful perceptions distract from important insights that other grantees may be offering in a Grantee Perception Report.
Philanthropy and the Social Contract: What Comes Next
Georgia Levenson Keohane asks, “Just what kind of society do we want to live in? What is the role of government? Of markets? And can philanthropy fill in the gaps?”
Foundation Philanthropy and the Power of PRIs
Georgia Levenson Keohane discusses PRIs and why more foundations should use them.
Some New Trousers for Foundations, with Glass Pockets
Phil Buchanan applauds Foundation Center’s new website, www.glasspockets.com, which aims to “bring transparency to the world of foundations.”