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Effective Matters: Building Strong Leaders, Organizations, and Movements
This month’s special edition Effective Matters takes its cue from a recent piece authored by leading organizer and activist Maurice Mitchell: “Building Resilient Organizations: Toward Joy and Durable Process in a Time of Crisis.” If you haven’t yet, we encourage you...
Philanthropic and Education Leader Elisha Smith Arrillaga Named CEP’s Vice President of Research
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations, gracen@cep.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, MA — Elisha Smith Arrillaga, Ph.D., a seasoned philanthropic and education leader and researcher, has been named Vice President,...
Effective Matters: March 2023
What’s on at CEP2023 CEP’s biennial national conference will be held this year at the Omni Seaport Hotel in Boston Oct. 30 - Nov. 1. As we draw closer to finalizing the agenda, we are excited to share more about two of our plenary speakers: Internationally renowned...
Effective Matters: January 2023
CEP2023 Conference Registration: Join Us This Fall in Boston This fall, hundreds of senior foundation leaders, program officers, trustees, and major donors will gather in Boston to connect with one another and engage with philanthropy’s most pressing issues. CEP also...
Effective Matters: November – December 2022
NEW CEP Research: Giving Big: The Impact of Large, Unrestricted Gifts on Nonprofits The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) has released the first report in a three-year, three-part study on the effects of MacKenzie Scott’s large, unrestricted gifts on the...
Three New Members to Join Center for Effective Philanthropy Board of Directors
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations | gracen@cep.org Jesús Gerena Taryn Higashi LaTida Smith Cambridge, MA — The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) welcomes three new members to its Board of Directors: Executive...
CEP Releases New Research on the Impact of MacKenzie Scott’s Big Giving
Media contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations | gracen@cep.org Cambridge, MA — Recipients of MacKenzie Scott’s unusually large gifts say the funding has been transformative for their organizations. They report that they’re...
CEP Appoints New Lead for Global Assessment and Advisory Services
Natalia Kiryttopoulou recently joined the Center for Effective Philanthropy as lead for Global Assessment and Advisory Services. In her new role, Natalia will support international funders engaging with CEP’s assessment tools, including the Grantee Perception report,...
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....