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Time for a Gold Standard of Use
Fay Twersky President, Arthur M. Blank Foundation

Feb 27, 2012 | Guest Author Assessing Performance, Guest Author Guest Author

Fay Twersky of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation believes it is time for the social sector to make better use of best practices in data collection and usage.

Stupid Funder Tricks
Birch Beaudet Executive Director, Wilburforce Foundation

Feb 1, 2012 | Guest Author Funder/Grantee Relationships, Guest Author Guest Author

Paul Beaudet finishes his series on the funder/grantee relationship by calling on the philanthropic sector to take a critical look at collective bad habits and offering advice on how to maximize the potential of the partnerships all funders forge with their grantees.

Putting Grantees In the Center of Your Map
Birch Beaudet Executive Director, Wilburforce Foundation

Jan 24, 2012 | Guest Author Developing Strategy, Guest Author Funder/Grantee Relationships, Guest Author Guest Author

Paul Beaudet’s second guest post further explores the funder/grantee relationship, focusing on the effect of using strategy to shape funders’ work with grantees.

Doing Less With Less
Birch Beaudet Executive Director, Wilburforce Foundation

Jan 18, 2012 | Guest Author Funder/Grantee Relationships, Guest Author Guest Author, Guest Author Managing Operations

Paul Beaudet challenges the notion that ‘doing more with less’ is the answer for philanthropy in an era of limited resources.

What Strategy Is…And Isn’t – Hint: It’s Not Rocket Science
Cynthia M. Gibson Independent Consultant

Jan 3, 2012 | Guest Author Developing Strategy, Guest Author Guest Author

A guest post from Cindy Gibson lays out the tenets of a process for developing effective strategies at foundations.

Evaluation Roundtable Study Highlights the Role of the CEO in Evaluation
David Trueblood Vice President, Communications and Programming, Center for Effective Philanthropy

Nov 16, 2011 | Guest Author Assessing Performance, Guest Author Guest Author

A report written by Elizabeth Heid Thompson and Patricia Patrizi (and currently available on the CEP website) explores the extent to which foundations evaluate the results of their work. An examination of 31 foundations that have demonstrated a commitment to...

Guest Post: How the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks To Improve
Dee Colello Senior Manager, Program Operations, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Oct 3, 2011 | Guest Author Assessing Performance, Guest Author Assessment Tools, Guest Author Guest Author, Guest Author Managing Operations

At the Center for Effective Philanthropy, we believe that improved performance of philanthropic funders can have a positive impact on nonprofit organizations and the people and communities they serve. As part of our work, we aim to highlight stories from funders who...

Esther Duflo Explains Why She Believes Randomized Controlled Trials Are So Vital
Susan Parker Founder, Clear Thinking Communications

Jun 23, 2011 | Guest Author Assessing Performance, Guest Author Developing Strategy, Guest Author Guest Author

Even before Esther Duflo rose to speak at the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s (CEP) 2011 conference, she had already stirred controversy. Her well-known belief in the ability of randomized controlled trails to understand the effectiveness of policy interventions...

The Foundation: An Abiding American Mystery
Joel Orosz Distinguished Professor of Philanthropic Studies, The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Grand Valley State University

Mar 3, 2010 | Guest Author Guest Author, Guest Author Programming and Communications

CEP guest blogger Joel Orosz, PhD, reacts to findings of a survey published by the Philanthropy Awareness Initiative (PAI) that shows that even the most engaged citizens are in the dark when it comes to the accomplishments of foundations.

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