Jay Kustka

Art Director, Communications and Programs

Jay works closely with the programming and external relations team to create, design, and update marketing materials for CEP.

Jay has many years of experience in graphic design, having worked previously in Boston and London for R.R. Donnelly Financial and in New York for Gerson Lehrman Group. In Jay’s free time, he also works with schools to design and produce programs for theatrical performances.

Besides his passion for graphic design, Jay’s other creative passion is music. Outside of the 9-5, you can find Jay playing guitar in many venues in the Boston area.

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The Tidal Foundation: Unmooring Philanthropy From Perpetuity Versus Spend Down
Rickke Mananzala President, New York Foundation
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by Rickke Mananzala, Carmen Rojas, Ph.D.Thelma Andree | Sep 10, 2026

Approaches to foundation spending have too often been organized around a false choice. Foundations are expected to preserve assets in perpetuity while spending at or near the IRS-required 5% minimum, or to spend down by deploying resources over a fixed period and...

Revisiting the DEI Debate: What We Can Learn From Corporate Capitulation
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

by Phil BuchananPhil Buchanan | Sep 8, 2026

Seven days into the second Trump administration, after a raft of executive orders including several targeting “DEI programs,” we published a piece I authored on this blog titled “In Defense of DEI.” In it, I lamented, “the remarkable and rapid capitulation of many...

Rest Is Infrastructure — It’s Time Foundations Treated It That Way
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by Abby Siegel Hyman, Josh Feldman, Rachel ZieleniecThelma Andree | Sep 3, 2026

"So much of my work life was driven by the feeling that my work is who I am, and all I have. Realizing that isn't actually true was huge for me." – Sabbatical Grantee For decades, funders have invested in sabbaticals for nonprofit leaders — one grant, one leader, one...