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This post originally appeared on the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) blog. In 2016, I was asked to join a philanthropic project that was close to the heart of philanthropist Warren Buffett and his beloved older sister, Doris Buffett. The “letters...
Decision-makers such as elected officials and institutional funders have historically ignored and underinvested in BIPOC communities. Fed up, those communities are calling on grantmakers to address the disproportionate impacts they are enduring from the COVID-19...
America has never needed more from civil society. Our country is being rocked by a health pandemic, an age-old racism pandemic, economic upheaval, sweeping cuts in safety net programs, and an increasing political vitriol that’s killing efforts to address these...
The murder of George Floyd by a police officer — one in an unbroken string of unjust Black deaths at the hands of law enforcement — has triggered an unprecedented national outpouring of grief, rage, and demands for change throughout the country. The fact that these...
Earlier this year, CEP released Policy Influence: What Foundations are Doing and Why, a report that sheds light on how foundations think about and approach their efforts to influence public policy. The research finds, among other things, that the primary way...
The hyper-uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic has been paralyzing for many philanthropic organizations. And even as funders have completed their initial emergency responses to the crisis, it's much harder to figure out what to do next. So, over the course of...
Last month, I had the privilege of speaking on a webinar hosted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) to discuss its recent research report, Funder Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic. As I’ve reflected on the comments of my co-speakers, Chitra Hanstad from...
As one foundation executive notes in CEP’s recent report, Policy Influence: What Foundations are Doing and Why, engaging in public policy requires the long view. “This work often takes years to complete and to show impact,” they say. It sure does. Stories of...
Earlier this month, the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) released Funder Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic, a report based on survey responses from 172 nonprofit CEOs that are part of CEP’s Grantee Voice panel, a nationally representative...
Earlier in June, FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds completed our first ever collective giving campaign, which offered our donor-advised fund (DAF) account holders the opportunity to join forces in response to the urgent crisis created by the coronavirus. This...