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Are Funders and Their Grantees Discussing Racial Diversity?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Apr 10, 2012 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Data Point, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

Ellie Buteau presents findings drawn from our Grantee Perception Report on the level of communication funders and their grantees are having related to racial diversity.

Data Point: What are Foundation CEOs’ Attitudes Toward Assessment?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Mar 22, 2012 | Developing Strategy Assessing Performance, Developing Strategy Data Point, Developing Strategy Developing Strategy

Ellie Buteau presents a data point that refutes the notion that CEOs believe that philanthropic decision-making should place greater emphasis on intuition.

Data Point: Finding Out Whether Your Assistance to Grantees Makes a Difference
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Mar 1, 2012 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Assessing Performance, Funder/Grantee Relationships Data Point, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

Ellie Buteau is back with a data point on how frequently foundations follow up with their grantees after providing them with assistance beyond the grant to understand its effects.

Data Point: Foundations’ Use of Logic Models and Theories of Change
Andrea Brock Former Manager, Research, CEP

Feb 3, 2012 | Developing Strategy Data Point, Developing Strategy Developing Strategy

Research Manager Andrea Brock shares a data point on foundation CEOs’ use of logic models in guiding their work.

Data Point: Is Evaluation Resulting in Meaningful Insight for Foundations?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Jan 20, 2012 | Assessing Performance Assessing Performance, Assessing Performance Data Point

Ellie Buteau, PhD., presents a data point on the challenge funders face in having evaulations result in meaningful insight.

Data Point: How Can Foundations Help Grantees Secure Funding from Other Sources?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Dec 16, 2011 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Data Point, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

In a recent data point post, we shared that the most significant factor program staff consider when determining what type of assistance beyond the grant to provide is specific requests from grantees. In our research, program staff also told us that the most frequent...

Data Point: What Information are Foundations Using to Assess Their Programmatic Work?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Dec 9, 2011 | Assessing Performance Assessing Performance, Assessing Performance Data Point

For our recent State of Foundation Performance Assessment report, we gathered data from 173 CEOs of U.S. foundations with annual grantmaking of at least $5 million on what types of information they use to assess the effectiveness of their foundations’ work –...

Data Point: Board Materials
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Dec 2, 2011 | Data Point Data Point, Data Point Optimizing Governance

Ellie Buteau offers foundation staff a helpful data point as they prepare materials for their board of directors.

Data Point: Why Aren’t Foundation Boards More Involved in Assessing Performance?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Nov 23, 2011 | Assessing Performance Assessing Performance, Assessing Performance Data Point, Assessing Performance Optimizing Governance

One of the key findings from our recent performance assessment study, titled The State of Foundation Performance Assessment: A Survey of Foundation CEOs, is that 70 percent of CEOs want their board members to be more involved in assessment. This finding is consistent...

Data Point: How Do Program Staff Decide What Assistance to Provide Beyond the Grant?
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Nov 18, 2011 | Funder/Grantee Relationships Data Point, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

CEOs and program staff believe that providing assistance beyond the grant is important both for the achievement of their goals and those of their grantees. Yet few know whether the assistance they provide to those grantees is proving helpful. In that...

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