Ellie Buteau, PhD, Author at The Center for Effective Philanthropy

A Crucial Missing Link: Where’s the Foundation Support for Nonprofit Assessment Efforts?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Sep 13, 2012 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Assessing Performance, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

Ellie Buteau presents the key findings from “Room for Improvement: Foundations’ Support of Nonprofit Performance Assessment,” the first report from The Grantee Voice panel.

From the Pony Express to the Twittersphere
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Jul 26, 2012 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships, Funder/Grantee Relationships Programming and Communications

Ellie Buteau shares her perspective on and discusses some of the questions raised by CEP’s new research report, “Grantees’ Limited Engagement with Foundations’ Social Media.”

Data Point: How Helpful Do Grantees Find Foundation Reporting and Evaluation Processes? (Not Very.)
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Jun 27, 2012 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Assessing Performance, Funder/Grantee Relationships Data Point, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

Ellie Buteau shares a data point with a lesson for foundations on how to make the evaluation process more helpful for their grantees.

Data Point: Publicly Communicating Foundation Strategy
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

May 1, 2012 | Data Point Data Point, Data Point Programming and Communications

Ellie Buteau highlights a data point on one measure of how foundation leaders openly present their strategies.

Are Funders and Their Grantees Discussing Racial Diversity?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Apr 10, 2012 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Data Point, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

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.

CEP’s Work to Date on the Topic of Racial Diversity in Philanthropy
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Apr 5, 2012 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Assessment Tools, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

Ellie Buteau and Kevin Bolduc introduce the ways in which CEP has begun to study racial diversity in the philanthropic sector.

Data Point: What are Foundation CEOs’ Attitudes Toward Assessment?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Mar 22, 2012 | Developing Strategy Assessing Performance, Developing Strategy Data Point, Developing Strategy Developing Strategy

Ellie Buteau presents a data point that refutes the notion that CEOs believe that philanthropic decision-making should place greater emphasis on intuition.

Data Point: Finding Out Whether Your Assistance to Grantees Makes a Difference
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Mar 1, 2012 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Assessing Performance, Funder/Grantee Relationships Data Point, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

Ellie Buteau is back with a data point on how frequently foundations follow up with their grantees after providing them with assistance beyond the grant to understand its effects.

Data Point: Is Evaluation Resulting in Meaningful Insight for Foundations?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Jan 20, 2012 | Assessing Performance Assessing Performance, Assessing Performance Data Point

Ellie Buteau, PhD., presents a data point on the challenge funders face in having evaulations result in meaningful insight.

Data Point: How Can Foundations Help Grantees Secure Funding from Other Sources?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Dec 16, 2011 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Data Point, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

In a recent data point post, we shared that the most significant factor program staff consider when determining what type of assistance beyond the grant to provide is specific requests from grantees. In our research, program staff also told us that the most frequent...

Ellie Buteau, Ph.D.

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