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Off to GEO 2014: Some Thoughts on Foundations – and Effectiveness – Today
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Mar 6, 2014 | By Phil Buchanan By Phil Buchanan

My first Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) conference was in 2002, but I remember it very clearly. It was a big deal to me because it was the first time I attended a significant conference and spoke about what CEP was learning in its early research. The...

A New Look and New Offerings
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Feb 12, 2014 | By Phil Buchanan Assessing Performance, By Phil Buchanan By Phil Buchanan

In the coming days, CEP’s new website will be live (and it may even be by the time you read this), along with a new logo, brand identity, and tag line: Improving foundation performance through data + insight. The launch of this new site comes on the heels of...

A Working Definition of Foundation Effectiveness
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Jan 9, 2014 | By Phil Buchanan By Phil Buchanan, By Phil Buchanan Developing Strategy

Phil Buchanan presents updated CEP’s updated definition of foundation effectiveness, and encourages readers to share their thoughts on what’s missing.

11 New Year’s Wishes
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Jan 6, 2014 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Assessing Performance, Funder/Grantee Relationships By Phil Buchanan, Funder/Grantee Relationships Constituent Feedback, Funder/Grantee Relationships Developing Strategy, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships, Funder/Grantee Relationships Managing Operations, Funder/Grantee Relationships Optimizing Governance

Every New Year, we tend to dream of what the next year might bring. In that spirit, here are my wishes for what we’d see in foundationland in my imagined 2014. Let me emphasize that these are not predictions (I am a bit of a cynic about predictions). These are instead...

Looking Back at 2013: CEP’s Detroit Conference
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Dec 23, 2013 | By Phil Buchanan By Phil Buchanan, By Phil Buchanan Programming and Communications

Phil Buchanan reflects on the past year and recalls our 2013 conference – In Search of Impact – as one of the year’s key highlights.

Not Gettin’ It: Dispatch from After the Leap
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Dec 5, 2013 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Assessing Performance, Funder/Grantee Relationships By Phil Buchanan, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

Phil Buchanan, speaking to an audience of mostly nonprofit leaders at the After the Leap conference, asked if funders get it, when it comes to funding performance assessment for their grantees. Unsurprisingly, but discouragingly, the answer was for the most part, “no.”

Helping Grantees Assess and Improve
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Nov 22, 2013 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Assessing Performance, Funder/Grantee Relationships By Phil Buchanan, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

Phil Buchanan asks why, despite frequently indicating the desire to do so, aren’t more funders helping their grantees to evaluate and improve their work? Buchanan evaluates the current landscape of funder support for this work by their grantees, and finds that pool is a small one.

Looking Within for the Next Foundation CEO
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Oct 23, 2013 | By Phil Buchanan Administration, By Phil Buchanan By Phil Buchanan, By Phil Buchanan Managing Operations

Phil Buchanan highlights the recent promotions of internal foundation staff members to CEO and calls out the value of professional experience working in philanthropy.