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Browse helpful resources for funders, including evidence-based reports, profiles of funders making change, case studies, and blog series.
Making the Case: Foundation Leaders on the Importance of Multiyear General Operating Support
This companion piece to New Attitudes, Old Practices: The Provision of Multiyear General Operating Support features profiles of the California Wellness Foundation, the Claneil Foundation, Foundation for a Just Society, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, and the...
Understanding & Sharing What Works: Profiles of Four Funders Propelling Philanthropic Practice
This piece is a companion to Understanding & Sharing What Works: The State of Foundation Practice. Authored by Lowell Weiss of Cascade Philanthropy Advisors, these four profiles seek to bring the data from that report to life through stories of foundations whose...
A Date Certain: Case Studies of Three Limited Life Foundations
Accompanying A Date Certain: Lessons from Limited Life Foundations, this companion publication includes case studies of three of the spend-down foundations featured in the report: S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Lenfest Foundation, and the Brainerd Foundation. March...
CEO Reflections on the Future of Foundation Philanthropy
This collection of essays shares reflections from eight foundation CEOs in response to the findings of CEP’s 2016 research report, The Future of Foundation Philanthropy. These thoughtful reflections are from leaders of foundations ranging in size, scope, and mission,...