Resource Library
Browse helpful resources for funders, including evidence-based reports, profiles of funders making change, case studies, and blog series.

Can Feedback Fuel Change at Foundations?
When foundations make a commitment to getting consistent feedback from their grantees that is candid and comparative, they can make substantive changes that result in different—and better—grantee experiences.

Essentials of Foundation Strategy
What separates more strategic foundation leaders from less strategic ones?

基金會戰略發展概要 (Essentials of Foundation Strategy- Traditional Chinese)
Download “Essentials of Foundation Strategy” in traditional Chinese.

基金会战略发展概要 (Essentials of Foundation Strategy- Simplified Chinese)
Download “Essentials of Foundation Strategy” in simplified Chinese.

Beyond the Rhetoric: Foundation Strategy
How do foundations maximize their impact? What is the role of strategy? Is your foundation strategic? Are you? This groundbreaking research examines the current state of decision making at large, private, U.S. foundations.

Beyond Compliance: The Trustee Viewpoint on Effective Foundation Governance
Beyond Compliance is based on the largest-scale research on foundation boards ever conducted and builds off CEP’s earlier governance report, Foundation Governance.