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New Research Reveals Keys to Community Foundation Donors’ Satisfaction
Media contact: Emily Giudice, Marketing and Programming Coordinator: 617-492-0800 x281 Cambridge, MA—A new research report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) reveals what it takes for community foundations to satisfy their donors. The report also...
Hilary Pennington, Fay Twersky, and Lynn Perry Wooten to Join Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Board of Directors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Emily Giudice, Communications Coordinator: 617-492-0800 x281 March 5, 2014 Cambridge, MA—The Center for Effective Philanthropy has elected Hilary Pennington, Fay Twersky, and Lynn Perry Wooten to its Board of Directors, effective...
Grace Nicolette Named CEP’s Director of Marketing & Programming
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Grace Nicolette, Interim Director of Communications: 617-492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA – The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) has promoted Grace Chiang Nicolette to Director of Marketing and Programming. Nicolette, who will...
How Far Have We Come? Foundation CEOs on Progress and Impact
Media contact: Grace Nicolette, Interim Director of Communications: 617-492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA—A new research report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) reveals that foundation CEOs have a sober take on overall progress toward key goals, but a more...
Nonprofit Challenges: What Foundations Can Do
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Mark Russell, Director of Communications: 617-492-0800 x280 Cambridge, MA—According to research from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), a crucial knowledge gap exists between foundations and grantees. CEP’s most recent...
Tiffany Cooper Gueye, CEO of BELL, Joins Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Board of Directors
July 15, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, MA—Tiffany Cooper Gueye, CEO of BELL, has joined the Board of Directors of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide data and create insight so philanthropic funders...
New Guide for Working With Grantees: Critical Advice for Foundation Program Staff
June 27, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, MA—In a new guide released today that draws on years of research, The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) shares critical advice for program staff at our nation’s philanthropic foundations. Each year, foundations...
Foundation Transparency: What Nonprofits Want
May 15, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In a report released today by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), nonprofit organizations call for greater transparency from the foundations that fund them. What’s more, they have very specific views about what transparency...
Vince Stehle Joins CEP Board of Directors
January 15, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vince Stehle, executive director of Media Impact Funders, has joined the Board of Directors of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide data and create insight so...
New Report Illuminates Keys to Foundation Staff Satisfaction: Employees Need to Feel Empowered, Respected in Workplace
December 12, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAMBRIDGE, MA—In a report released today, Employee Empowerment: The Key to Foundation Staff Satisfaction, the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) shared the key to creating satisfied employees in the philanthropic sector....
Marny Sumrall Joins CEP as Executive Director of YouthTruth®
September 17, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, MA—After a national search of 115 candidates, the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) today announced that Marny Sumrall has joined the organization as Executive Director of CEP’s YouthTruth® program. YouthTruth...
New Report Dispels the Myth of Nonprofit Complacency: Nonprofits Want to Measure Impact but Lack Support from Funders
September 13, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Amidst growing pressure for nonprofits to measure and assess their performance, the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) finds that nonprofits sorely lack the support they need. In a report released today, Room for...
Kevin Bolduc Selected as one of Aspen Institute’s 2012 Emerging Nonprofit Leaders
August 21, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, MA—Kevin Bolduc, vice president—assessment tools at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), has been selected as an emerging nonprofit leader by the Aspen Institute, an educational and policy studies organization ...
Foundations Aren’t Reaching Grantees Through Social Media: New research by CEP underscores the challenges of using social media
July 26, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New research by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) shows that when it comes to social media, nonprofits aren’t closely following their foundation funders or their funders’ staff. “While foundations and their grantees are...
CEP’s Ellie Buteau named a 2012 American Express NGen Fellow by Independent Sector
May 10, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, MA – Center for Effective Philanthropy Vice President – Research Ellie Buteau has been selected by Independent Sector as one of twelve 2012 American Express NGen Fellows. Designed to expand and improve the nonprofit talent...
Grant Oliphant, President and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation, to join the Board of Directors of the Center for Effective Philanthropy
April 26, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, Mass. – Grant Oliphant, president and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation, will join the Board of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide data and create insight so...
New Nonprofit Survey Initiative from The Center for Effective Philanthropy
January 10, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) today announced a new initiative to bring the voice of nonprofits to foundation funders. The initiative, The Grantee Voice: Feedback for Foundations, will be a panel of nonprofit...