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Listen to the trailer here. I'm excited to announce that the Giving Done Right podcast is back for another season! This season arrives at a particularly crucial moment. As we witness significant changes to federal programs and social safety...
Listen to the trailer here. I’m thrilled to announce that the Giving Done Right podcast is returning for another season! This summer, CEP’s president Phil Buchanan and I have been busy in the recording studio, and we’ll be bringing you 16 new episodes...
I often ask myself the question, “What can we learn from other cultures of philanthropy that can inform the way we give today?” It’s a question borne out of curiosity about the way that philanthropy is practiced in different cultures and across different times in...
As our team here at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) begins planning in earnest for our fall 2023 conference, I am reminded of the power of this gathering. There is something invaluable about coming together in person in this way: a unique time to learn...
Listen now to the season 3 trailer. Being a wise and effective donor isn’t easy. I’ve spoken with countless individual donors and philanthropic advisors about the challenges of giving in this current moment of economic uncertainty, unending natural disasters, extreme...
Listen now to the season two trailer. The needs in the world around us seem more urgent than ever: a seemingly unending global pandemic; the ravages of climate change; and countless humanitarian crises at home and abroad. We have seen that philanthropic foundations...
If you’ve read and appreciated a post from the CEP Blog over the past nearly seven years, then you have benefited from the thoughtful and skilled work of Ethan McCoy, CEP’s senior writer. Ethan joined CEP right out of Brown University, where he had been sports editor...
This past week, many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders welcomed the Lunar New Year under the dark shadow of spiking horrific violence targeting Asian elders, particularly in the Bay Area and in New York City. During the biggest holiday season for many AAPI...
On this Giving Tuesday, as I think about how I can be a better donor in the closing month of a year that’s been challenging unlike any other, I’ve been reflecting a lot on what I learned from the inspirational guests my co-host Phil Buchanan and I interviewed this...
Listen now to the season one trailer. Few topics get more personal than figuring out the why, how, and how much of charitable giving. A few years ago, when my husband, Tim, and I sat down to flesh out our giving priorities as a couple, it was an eye-opening experience...