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Assessing Impact with General Operating Support Grants: Debunking the MythsNaomi Orensten Senior Director of Programs and Strategy, Dorot FoundationKate Gehling Former Senior Analyst, Research, CEP
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...

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Foundations and Policy Engagement: Insights in Their Own Words, Part 5Ethan McCoy Former Senior Writer and Editor, CEPNaomi Orensten Senior Director of Programs and Strategy, Dorot Foundation
Foundations and Policy Engagement: Insights in Their Own Words, Part 5

Change Realized: How Foundations are Contributing to Public Policy Successes This post is the final in “Foundations and Policy Engagement: Insights in Their Own Words,” a five-part series on the CEP Blog. (Read Post 1 here, Post 2 here, Post 3 here, and Post 4 here.)...

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Foundations and Policy Engagement: Insights in Their Own Words, Part 2Ethan McCoy Former Senior Writer and Editor, CEPNaomi Orensten Senior Director of Programs and Strategy, Dorot Foundation
Foundations and Policy Engagement: Insights in Their Own Words, Part 2

Building Board Support for Foundation Public Policy Efforts This post is the second in “Foundations and Policy Engagement: Insights in Their Own Words,” a five-part series on the CEP Blog. (Read Post 1 here, Post 3 here, Post 4 here, and Post 5 here.) The COVID-19...

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Foundations and Policy Engagement: Insights in Their Own Words, Part 1Ethan McCoy Former Senior Writer and Editor, CEPNaomi Orensten Senior Director of Programs and Strategy, Dorot Foundation
Foundations and Policy Engagement: Insights in Their Own Words, Part 1

Why Foundations are Engaging in Public Policy Efforts This post is the first in “Foundations and Policy Engagement: Insights in Their Own Words,” a five-part series on the CEP Blog. (Read Post 2 here, Post 3 here, Post 4 here, and Post 5 here.) The COVID-19 pandemic;...

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Grantee Voice: Relationships MatterNaomi Orensten Senior Director of Programs and Strategy, Dorot FoundationMatthew Leiwant Former Associate Manager, Research, CEP
Grantee Voice: Relationships Matter

This is the final post in a six-part series on what nonprofit leaders think foundation funders could improve upon in their work. Findings are based on survey responses from 244 nonprofit leaders who have agreed to be a part of CEP’s Grantee Voice Panel — a nationally...

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Grantee Voice: Provide Multiyear, Flexible FundingNaomi Orensten Senior Director of Programs and Strategy, Dorot FoundationMatthew Leiwant Former Associate Manager, Research, CEP
Grantee Voice: Provide Multiyear, Flexible Funding

This is the fifth post in a six-part series on what nonprofit leaders think foundation funders could improve upon in their work. Findings are based on survey responses from 244 nonprofit leaders who have agreed to be a part of CEP’s Grantee Voice Panel — a nationally...

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