Nonprofit leaders and sector advocates have long called on funders to prioritize strengthening nonprofit organizations. Our research here at CEP has found that nonprofit leaders not only want help from their funders to strengthen their organizations, but they go on to...
Kate Gehling
New Data Reveals A More Positive Outlook for Some, But Not All, Nonprofits
When CEP released a report last June about the state of nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic, prospects looked bleak. Nonprofit leaders from our Grantee Voice panel revealed that the pandemic was devastating their organizations as well as the people and communities...
Assessing Impact with General Operating Support Grants: Debunking the Myths
For several decades now, it’s been a common refrain from funders that choose not to provide general operating support (GOS) grants: we can’t make those grants because it’s too difficult to measure and assess their impact. In CEP’s 2006 report, In Search of Impact, the...
New Realities, New Data: Nonprofits in Crisis and What Donors Need to Know
The nation and world face unprecedented challenges right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated individuals and organizations alike. Research (from Nonprofit Finance Fund and La Piana Consulting, for example) shows that the pandemic is having harsh negative impacts...
How Collaboration Can Help Foundations Achieve Their Policy Goals
Foundation leaders believe philanthropic collaboration is important to achieving their goals. Resources abound on this topic (see Bridgespan and GrantCraft for guides to philanthropic collaboration and collaborative advocacy, respectively). In CEP’s own research, we...
Bringing the Nonprofit Perspective off the Sidelines: New Data from Nonprofit Leaders
The nonprofit perspective matters in any discussion about the philanthropic sector. After all, nonprofit organizations are on the front lines, executing the hard work needed to address important challenges facing communities across the country and globally....