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Effective Matters: October 2022
COMING SOON – Giving Big: The Impact of Large, Unrestricted Gifts on Nonprofits Look for the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s new research, out Nov. 15, on the impact of the large, unrestricted gifts that have made MacKenzie Scott’s approach to giving...
Effective Matters: Philanthropy’s Role in Policy Advocacy
As the 2022 midterms approach, election season campaigning and policy advocacy are in full swing. For funders, this can represent a moment of tension over whether to engage in advocacy work — and how to do so. Historically, philanthropy has had a significant influence...
Effective Matters: August 2022
Upcoming CEP Webinar – Herding Lions: Foundation Boards and Equity Foundation leaders often cite their boards as an impediment to the shifts in practices they see as necessary in these times, CEP research has shown. How can foundation CEOs and boards evolve...
Effective Matters: July 2022
New CEP Research – Much Alarm, Less Action: Foundations & Climate Change Foundation leaders overwhelmingly see climate change as an urgent problem, according to new CEP research released earlier this month. However, despite this widely shared alarm, foundation...
New Research Highlights a Disconnect Between Views and Actions of Foundation Leaders on Climate Change
Media contact: Sarah Martin, Manager, Programming and External Relations | sarahm@cep.org Cambridge, MA — Foundation leaders overwhelmingly see climate change as an urgent problem and believe that foundations could be doing more to address the issue,...
Effective Matters: June 2022
Much Alarm, Less Action: Foundations & Climate Change What are foundation leaders doing to address climate change, in their mission-related work and in their investment practices? How pressing of a problem is climate change from the perspective of foundation and...
Effective Matters: Reporting: Perspectives & Practices
This opening line from Caroline Fiennes’ post on the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) blog half a decade ago still rings true today. Debates over what makes a funder's reporting and evaluation process useful, how to ease burdens on grantees, and even...
Effective Matters: April 2022
Free Webinar: Rebuilding Public Trust in Nonprofits and Philanthropy Recent data and research reveal that public trust in nonprofits and philanthropy has declined. Whether due to diminished trust in institutions, perceptions of politicization, increased societal...
Effective Matters: March 2022
Responding to Overlooked: A CEP Blog Series Foundation and nonprofit leaders have taken pen to paper to discuss the ways in which philanthropy has overlooked Native American and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. In a series of 13 posts on...
Effective Matters: Demographic Data Collection for Equity – The Whys & Hows
As many funders have increased their focus on racial equity in recent years, demographic data collection has taken on new significance and attention. The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s (CEP) recent report Foundations Respond to Crisis: Lasting Change? found that...
New Study Spotlights That AAPI and Native American Communities Are Overlooked by Funders
Media contact: Sarah Martin, Associate Manager, Programming and External Relations | sarahm@cep.org EMBARGOED UNTIL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10 AT 9:00AM ET Cambridge, MA — Even as philanthropy has turned greater attention toward issues of racism and systemic inequality since...
New Research Finds Foundations Have Made — and Plan to Sustain — Many Changes in their Work
Media contact: Sarah Martin, Associate Manager, Programming and External Relations: 617-208-7103 Cambridge, MA — In new CEP research released today, foundation leaders report that their foundations are now working differently than they were in early 2020....
Effective Matters: June 2021
NEW Resource from CEP – Persevering Through Crisis: The State of Nonprofits Nonprofits faced enormous challenges during the crises of 2020 but generally emerged stronger than they feared they would thanks to stepped up philanthropic and federal support, according to...
New Study Finds Nonprofits Fared Better Than Feared During Crisis Thanks to Stepped Up Giving and Federal Funding
Study also uncovers troubling disparities in experience of executive directors by gender and by the race/ethnicity of the communities their organizations serve Media contact: Grace Nicolette – Vice President, Programming and External Relations: 617-674-0763 FOR...
Effective Matters: Centering Trust in Funder-Grantee Relationships
Building Trust Through Grantee Feedback: The Story of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies When Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies (RNP) gathered feedback from its grantees through the Grantee Perception Report (GPR) in 2020, RNP was rated in the top 1 percent of CEP’s overall...
Tiffany Cooper Gueye Elected Chair of Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) Board of Directors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations, CEP: 617-674-0763 Cambridge, MA — Tiffany Cooper Gueye, chief operating officer of Blue Meridian Partners, Inc. and former CEO of BELL (Building Educated Leaders...
Effective Matters: February 2021
Are We Better Off Divided? Philanthropy’s Role in Moving America Forward Join CEP on April 29 for the second event in our 20th Anniversary Learning Sessions — an interactive discussion exploring philanthropy’s role in moving America forward from a time of deep...
Effective Matters: Foundations Respond To Crisis
How Foundations Say They’re Responding: What the Data Shows CEP’s latest research — distilled in a series of three reports — examines the extent to which staffed foundations say they have changed their practices to meet the compounded crises of the past...
Effective Matters: December 2020
Foundations Respond to Crisis: A Must-Read Research Series from CEP In early spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened, foundations in the U.S. began to shift resources and practices. Some funders, nonprofits, and others in the field called for fundamental changes in...
New Study Finds Foundations Adopt Greater Flexibility and Responsiveness During Pandemic
Media contact: Grace Nicolette – Vice President, Programming and External Relations: 617-674-0763 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, MA — In response to this year’s crises, almost all foundations surveyed in the latest research from the Center for Effective Philanthropy...