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New CEP Resource Spotlights Nonprofit Perspectives on Hot-Button Issues in Philanthropy
Media contact: Grace Nicolette – Vice President, Programming and External Relations: (617) 674-0763 For Immediate Release Cambridge, MA — The Funding Landscape: Nonprofit Perspectives on Current Issues in Philanthropy, a new report from the Center for Effective...
CEP Elects Nord Family Foundation Executive Director Tony Richardson to its Board of Directors
Media contact: Grace Nicolette – Vice President, Programming and External Relations: 617-674-0763 Cambridge, MA — The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) has elected Nord Family Foundation Executive Director Tony Richardson to its Board of...
Effective Matters: December 2019
Gain the Insights You Need to Be Most Effective in 2020 Philanthropy has the tremendous opportunity to take on pressing challenges that other actors in society cannot or will not. Yet, giving effectively is uniquely challenging to assess. How do you measure...
Effective Giving Matters: September 2019
New CEP Report Sheds Light on What Nonprofits Need Most from Major Individual DonorsThe largest source of philanthropic support for nonprofits in the United States is giving from individual donors. Of the total charitable giving in 2018, individual donors contributed...
New CEP Research Sheds Light on What Nonprofits Need Most from Major Individual Donors
Media contact: Grace Nicolette – Vice President, Programming and External Relations: (617) 674-0763 For Immediate Release Cambridge, MA — The largest source of philanthropic support for nonprofits in the United States is giving from individual donors. Of the total...
Rihab Babiker Joins CEP as VP of Finance and Operations
Media contact: Grace Nicolette – Vice President, Programming and External Relations: (617) 674-0763 For Immediate Release Cambridge, MA – Rihab Babiker has joined the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) as its first vice president of finance and operations....
Effective Matters: June 2019
Greater Good Reveals What It Takes for Early-Stage Grantmakers to Get Off the GroundWith more than 30,000 new private U.S. foundations established in the past 20 years, and with the rise of funding vehicles like DAFs and LLCs, it’s vital that early-stage...
New CEP Research Reveals What It Takes for Early-Stage Grantmakers to Get Off the Ground
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations, CEP: +1 617-492-0800 x236 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, MA — While there is no single blueprint for those new to philanthropy to follow, it is vital that early-stage grantmakers...
Effective Matters: March 2019
New CEP Research on Start-Ups, Policy Coming Soon What can early-stage grantmakers learn from those who came before them so they can avoid common pitfalls as they get their giving up and running? How are foundations seeking to influence policy through their work, and...
Effective Matters: January 2019
Don't miss the 2019 CEP Conference this May!The role of philanthropy in a moment of political division and distrust of elite, wealthy individuals and institutions will be among the themes explored at Stronger Philanthropy, the 2019 CEP conference in...
New CEP research digs into how foundations understand and share what works
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations: 617-492-0800 x236 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, MA — New research released today from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) finds that while the majority of foundation...
New CEP Research Finds Funders Are Not as in Touch with Nonprofits’ Needs as They Think
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations: 617-492-0800 x236 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, MA — New research out today from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) finds that foundations are not as in touch with...
New CEP Research Sheds Light on Nonprofits’ Diversity Efforts
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations: 617-492-0800 x236 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cambridge, MA — A new research report out today from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), titled Nonprofit Diversity Efforts: Current...
New CEP Resource Outlines 5 Things Nonprofits Want Donors to Know
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations: (617) 492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA — A new resource from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) lays out five things that nonprofit leaders want donors to know so donors can best...
New Study Finds U.S. Nonprofits and Foundations Aligned in Concern over Tax Law
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations: (617) 492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA — A majority of U.S. nonprofit and foundation leaders are concerned about a potential decrease in charitable giving in the wake of tax legislation...
Mark Edwards Elected to the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) Board of Directors
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations: 617-492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA — The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) has elected Upstream USA Co-founder Mark Edwards to its Board of Directors. Edwards...
New CEP Report Profiles How Five Foundations Understand Those They Seek to Help
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations: (617) 492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA — A new report released today by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) profiles five foundations’ efforts to develop understanding of their...
Kathleen Cravero and Kelvin Taketa Elected to the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) Board of Directors
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations: 617-492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA — The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) has elected Oak Foundation President Kathleen Cravero and former Hawai’i Community Foundation President...
Understanding and Transparency are Key to Funder-Grantee Relationships, New CEP Research Reveals
Media Contact: Ethan McCoy, Senior Writer – Development and Communications: 617-492-0800 x263 Cambridge, MA — Relationships between foundation funders and their nonprofit grantees are crucial because the two must work well together if they are to achieve shared goals....
CEP Report Shares New Data on the Role of Foundation Program Officers
Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Vice President, Programming and External Relations: 617-492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA — New research released today from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) provides a comprehensive collection of benchmarking data on foundation...