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Signals of Readiness: How Funders Can Vet AI in the Social Sector
Shannon Farley Co-Founder and Executive Director, Fast Forward
Chantal Forster Independent Advisor, Warren West Advisory

Jul 29, 2025 | Guest Author Guest Author

The SMS service that connects hungry neighbors with nearby food pantries? It runs on AI. The nonprofit fighting cancer by repurposing generic drugs? Also operating with AI. The nonprofit instantly translating between teachers and parents who speak different languages?...

Embracing the Complexity of Social Change: Moving From Transactional to Transformative Funding Partnerships
Juan José Hurtado Paz y Paz Director, Pop No'j
Camelia Proca Founder and Director, Association for Liberty and Gender Equality - A.L.E.G.
Nikita Ketkar CEO, Masoom
Emmy Zoomlamai Okello Executive Director, Foundation for Inclusive Community Help (FICH)

Jul 24, 2025 | Guest Author Guest Author

Imagine a world where philanthropy embraces social change in all its complexity — where genuine change is made through transformational partnerships free from hierarchical bias. As leaders of community-based organizations in 11 countries from four continents, we’re...

Getting Proximate: Effecting Change by Centering Community Voice
Bakhtawer Abbasi Communications Program Manager, Aspen Forum for Community Solutions
Jamiel Alexander Senior Organizer, Aspen Forum for Community Solutions
Yelena Nemoy Deputy Director of the Opportunity Youth Forum, Aspen Forum for Community Solutions
Elisha Smith-Arrillaga, Ph.D. Vice President, Research, CEP

Jul 22, 2025 | Guest Author CEP Author, Guest Author Guest Author

Earlier this year, the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions team held its annual retreat in Montgomery, Alabama, visiting the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Sites. As part of this transformative experience, the Forum’s team was honored to spend time with Bryan...

The Challenge and Opportunity for Funder and Nonprofit Listening Right Now
Valerie Threlfall Founder and Executive Director, Listen4Good

Jul 17, 2025 | Guest Author Guest Author

I find it hard to believe, but I’ve been working in the feedback field for more than 18 years. During that time, I’ve supported both foundations and nonprofits to more effectively integrate the perspectives of the people at the heart of their work. Given everything...

Funders: Are We Really Listening? An Opportunity for Reflection and Change
Melinda Tuan Managing Director, Fund for Shared Insight
Rick Moyers Communications Director, Fund for Shared Insight

Jul 15, 2025 | Guest Author Guest Author

A newly released report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), “Voices That Matter,” finds that nearly all foundation respondents report actively working to understand the needs of the people and communities they support. Eighty-nine percent say that...

Transforming a Legacy: From Co-Granting to Truly Collaborative Philanthropy
Raphaela Schweiger Director for Migration and Immigration Society, Robert Bosch Stiftung and Former Chair, EPIM
Sophie Ngo-Diep Co-Director, EPIM
Hrishabh Sandilya Co-Director, EPIM

Jul 8, 2025 | Guest Author Guest Author

Hosted by the Network of European Foundations since 2005, EPIM - The European Philanthropic Initiative for Migration, is one of Europe’s longest-standing philanthropic collaboratives. In 2021, it embarked on an open-ended process of change, reimagining its core...

The Many Paths to Launching and Scaling a Collaborative Fund
Nick Grono CEO, The Freedom Fund

Jul 3, 2025 | Guest Author Guest Author

Funders have long encouraged collaboration among their grantees, but historically they have been far less enthusiastic about collaborating with each other. That’s perhaps understandable given that effective collaboration means surrendering a degree of control, and...

Philanthropy Is Changing — Governance Must Change, Too
Clare Nolan Co-Executive Director, Engage R+D

Jun 26, 2025 | Guest Author Guest Author

Philanthropy is more needed than ever, but without governance that reflects today’s complexity, it risks losing its relevance. In a world reshaped by climate instability, democratic erosion, and rising inequality, the problems funders seek to address have grown more...

Grassroots Groups Aren’t a Risk — They’re the Sure Bet: Insights From a Frontline Funder
Linda Saleh Executive Director, Building Equity and Alignment for Environmental Justice

Jun 24, 2025 | Guest Author Guest Author

As the leader of a frontline-accountable intermediary, I’m hearing story after story from the ground: promised federal funds permanently or indefinitely frozen; environmental justice funding portfolios sunsetting unexpectedly; reimbursements from public monies...

Belaboring the Change: What If Funder Organizing Learned from Worker Power Building?
Leanne Sajor Director, Funders for a Just Economy Program, Neighborhood Funders Group
Neda Said Senior Program Manager, Neighborhood Funders Group

Jun 17, 2025 | Guest Author Guest Author

Individualism. Competition. Risk aversion. Short-termism. Scarcity. Presumed expertise. Many of the norms by which philanthropy operates perpetuate the very narratives our sector seeks to change. In this series on the CEP blog, contributors who represent a...

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