Emily Radwin

Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services

Emily analyzes data, writes reports, and leads creation and presentation of CEP’s benchmarking assessments. She helped develop CEP’s approach to supporting funders’ data collection and thoughtful use of demographic data. Emily works alongside funders to help them customize an approach to understanding the demographics of their staffs, boards, and grantee organizations.

Prior to joining CEP in 2016, Emily supported training, program model design, and evaluation at the nonprofit BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life). She’s also previously worked as an elementary school teacher and served with AmeriCorps. Emily graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education & Psychology.

In her spare time, Emily enjoys spending time with friends, reading memoirs, and trying new restaurants.

Emily Radwin's Blog Posts

Building Capacity, Fostering Trust: A Look at Beyond-the-Grant Support at One Foundation
Emily Radwin Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEP
Lucy Brainard Director, Portfolio Success and Operations, Overdeck Family Foundation

Overdeck Family Foundation, a New York-based education funder, has engaged with the Center for Effective Philanthropy repeatedly over the years to seek out information and feedback to continuously enhance its work and impact. In its most recent CEP survey, the...

Opening the Doors: How a Lean Foundation Modernized Processes and Created New Channels of Communication with Grantees
Emily Radwin Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEP
Nina Stack Executive Director, The Champlin Foundation

The Champlin Foundation, a Rhode Island-based funder focused on capital investments, worked with the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) on its first Grantee Perception Report in 2019. After making a number of changes based on the feedback they received from their...

Your Questions About Demographic Data Collection, Answered
Emily Radwin Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEP

In recent years, CEP’s analysis of demographic data from its Grantee Perception Report and research datasets found that both Native American nonprofit leaders and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) nonprofit leaders were having less positive experiences with...

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In Light of New ‘State of Nonprofits’ Data, Philanthropy Must Harness the ‘Power of Possible’
Alfonso Tomás Wenker Senior Vice President of Community Impact, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

by Alfonso Tomás WenkerLauren Chan | May 14, 2026

Amid burnout, fear of being targeted and funding cuts, our grantee partners are clear that things are not sustainable. Funders, our response cannot be silence, self-protection, or simply falling back to, “philanthropy can’t fill the holes government left.” I’m a...

Responding to the State of Nonprofits in 2026: What Funders Can Do
Joanne Florino Adam Meyerson Distinguished Fellow in Philanthropic Excellence, Philanthropy Roundtable

by Joanne FlorinoChloe Heskett | May 13, 2026

Reading CEP’s latest report on the current state of nonprofits took me back to the Great Recession and the challenges brought on by COVID-19. The combination of CEO and staff burnout along with increased demand for services is — unfortunately — all too familiar. Add...

‘Too Many Nonprofits’ Is Not Our Biggest Problem
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

by Phil BuchananPhil Buchanan | May 11, 2026

“There are too many nonprofits.” “Yes,” someone else will chime in. “There are too many nonprofits.” It’s a comment I hear frequently in gatherings of funders, and when it’s said, I notice, many people nod. We heard this from some foundation CEOs when my colleagues on...