A SECTOR IN CRISIS:
How U.S. Nonprofits and Foundations
Are Responding to Threats
As nonprofits face historic challenges, new data from the Center for Effective Philanthropy reveals how nonprofits are faring and how foundations are responding.
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Featured Resources
State of Nonprofits 2025: What Funders Need to Know
In CEP’s third annual State of Nonprofits report, nonprofits report difficulty pursuing their missions in a complex environment shaped by the current political climate and future economic uncertainty.
Breaking the Mold: The Transformative Effect of MacKenzie Scott's Big Gifts
Transformative Gifts: Inside Organizations That Received MacKenzie Scott Grants — A Companion to CEP’s Three-Year Study
AI With Purpose: How Foundations and Nonprofits Are Thinking About and Using Artificial Intelligence
Voices That Matter: How Nonprofits and Foundations Engage With the Communities They Support
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From the Blog
Building Capacity, Fostering Trust: A Look at Beyond-the-Grant Support at One Foundation
Overdeck Family Foundation, a New York-based education funder, has engaged with the Center for Effective Philanthropy repeatedly over the years to seek out information and feedback to continuously enhance its work and impact. In its most recent CEP survey, the...
A Call for Higher Payout from a Believer in Perpetual Foundations
It’s not necessarily the most popular take, but I am not afraid to admit it: I am a believer in long-time horizon — or perpetual — foundations. Like any category of institution, they’re not all equally effective, and I do have a request to make of them (I’ll get to...
Foundation Governance Today and Tomorrow: Shifting the Mindset from Managing Crises to Long-Term Transformation
The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s research on “Foundation Governance Today” could not be more timely. Foundation leadership and governance are operating in a challenging, disruptive environment. It is not only the funding landscape that is dramatically shifting,...