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Funders are finally noticing the flashing red lights of growing burnout across the nonprofit sector. And there's a growing trickle of philanthropic response. But grantmakers are missing the fundamental connections between their own funding practices, how grantees can...
The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s new report, State of Nonprofits in 2023: What Funders Need to Know, reveals that the inability to invest in support systems for staff is the primary challenge facing nonprofits today, according to nonprofit leaders themselves....
In a brilliant presentation at the 2013 conference of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP), Jessica Prue, then on staff at the Nonprofit Finance Fund, analogized nonprofit funding to water moving through a towering system of buckets and faucets until it...
There is a vast chasm between the perspectives of foundation and nonprofit leaders when it comes to the state of investing in the people who make up grantee organizations. The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Strengthening Grantees study compares how foundation and...
Funders often request compelling data to make the case that investing in grantee staff advances nonprofit programs and impact. Understandably, before making a significant investment you want to see proof that the investment will enjoy solid returns. Fortunately, there...