CEP in the News
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YouthTruth Awarded $650,000 Grant to Harness Student Voice for School Improvement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Heather Vega, On Behalf of YouthTruth Student Survey: 925-784-4608, heather@larsonpr.com San Francisco, CA – Fund for Shared Insight (“Shared Insight”) selected YouthTruth, a national nonprofit...
Grace Nicolette Named CEP’s Vice President, Programming and External Relations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Ethan McCoy, Writer, Development and Communications: 617-492-0800 x263 Cambridge, MA – The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) announced Grace Nicolette’s promotion to vice president, programming and external relations....
New CEP Research Reveals Data on Foundation Governance
Cambridge, MA – The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) released new research today on current practices of foundation boards. The findings, on topics including board composition, member expertise, involvement, and characteristics of meetings, are presented as...
Richard Ober Joins the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Board of Directors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Grace Nicolette, Director of Marketing & Programming: (617) 492-0800 x 236 Cambridge, MA — The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) has elected Richard Ober to join its Board of Directors. Ober has led the New Hampshire...
Jen Vorse Wilka Named Executive Director of YouthTruth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Grace Nicolette, Director of Marketing & Programming: 617-492-0800 x 236 August 12, 2015 San Francisco, CA — Jen Vorse Wilka has been named executive director of YouthTruth, a national program that harnesses student perceptions to...
New CEP Research Sheds Light on Nonprofit Performance Assessment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Grace Nicolette – Director, Marketing and Programming: 617-492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA – New research released today from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) concludes that most nonprofits receiving funding from large...
CEP Joins American Association for Public Opinion Research’s Transparency Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Grace Nicolette – Director, Marketing and Programming: 617-492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA – The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) has become the first research organization focused on the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors to...
Mary Kay Leonard Joins CEP as First Director of Advisory Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Grace Nicolette – Director, Marketing and Programming: 617-492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA – The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) announced today that Mary Kay Leonard has joined the organization as its first director of...
CEP Awarded Two Fund for Shared Insight Grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Director, Marketing and Communications: 617-492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA – The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) has been awarded two significant grants in the inaugural grant period of the Fund for Shared...
New CEP Research Reveals Insights on Beneficiary Feedback
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Grace Nicolette, Director – Marketing and Communications: 617-492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA – A new research report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) reveals that most nonprofits are using beneficiary feedback to...
Rob Correia Joins CEP as Director of Finance and Administration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Grace Nicolette - Director, Marketing & Programming: 617-492-0800 x236 Cambridge, MA – After an extensive search through a strong candidate pool, the Center for Effective Philanthropy announced today that Rob Correia has joined the...
Heinz Endowments President Grant Oliphant to Become CEP Board Chair
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Emily Giudice, Marketing and Programming Senior Coordinator: 617-492-0800 x281 Cambridge, MA – Grant Oliphant has been elected to serve as the next Chair of the Board of Directors of the Center for Effective Philanthropy,...
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...