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GiveWell’s 2025 Grant Investigation Survey Results

Mar 12, 2026

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Over the past several years, GiveWell has been focused on growing, deepening, and improving our research team’s work in line with our core values of truth-seeking and transparency. As part of that effort, we’ve invited anonymous assessment of our grantmaking process in order to learn and improve. In July 2024, we sent out our first…
A Practical Roadmap to Funder Listening in This MomentMelinda Tuan Managing Director, Fund for Shared InsightBritt Lake CEO, Feedback Labs

Mar 12, 2026

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No matter how you look at it, the last year-plus has been a challenging one for foundations, nonprofits, and the people and communities they aim to support. Our sector faced […] The post A Practical Roadmap to Funder Listening in This MomentMelinda Tuan Managing Director, Fund for Shared InsightBritt Lake CEO, Feedback Labs appeared first…
Reflections on CEP’s 25th BirthdayPhil Buchanan President, CEP

Mar 10, 2026

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It’s a milestone birthday for us here at CEP, but I’ll be honest: we don’t really feel like celebrating. More on that later. Let’s start at the beginning. The Center […] The post Reflections on CEP’s 25th BirthdayPhil Buchanan President, CEP appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>
From Threat to Volunteering: Psychological Distress as a Mediating Mechanism During the Iron Swords War

Mar 9, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The Iron Swords War induced severe psychological distress in the Israeli population. This study examined the relationship between perceived threat, psychological distress, and the volunteering behavior of Israeli citizens at the start of the war. We … Goto full post >>
Inclusive Leadership, Elusive Support? Examining the Impact of Nonprofit Representative and Diverse Leadership on Community Support

Mar 6, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study examines how leadership diversity and representation within nonprofit organizations influence community support. Drawing on a national survey of 1,036 nonprofits in the United States, we tested a structural equation modeling linking board … Goto full post >>
Podcast Episode 25: Following the Data on Dispensers for Safe Water

Mar 5, 2026

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GiveWell aims to find and fund programs that will do the most good per dollar. To do this, we carefully evaluate potential grants before making them—assessing academic evidence, building cost-effectiveness models, and talking to people in the sector who know the program well. But our work doesn’t stop there. When a program we’ve supported nears…
Responding to Fragility and Fear: What’s Required of Funders Right NowTony Richardson President, The George Gund Foundation

Mar 5, 2026

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The U.S. political-socio-economic context and its broader impact on nonprofits and foundations continue to evolve. As such, relationships between nonprofits and funders must also keep evolving. In the Center for […] The post Responding to Fragility and Fear: What’s Required of Funders Right NowTony Richardson President, The George Gund Foundation appeared first on The Center…
February 2026 Updates

Mar 4, 2026

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Every month we send an email newsletter to our supporters sharing recent updates from our work. We publish selected portions of the newsletter on our blog to make this news more accessible to people who visit our website. For key updates from the latest installment, please see below! If you’d like to receive the complete…
Bridging Philanthropy’s Say-Do GapCarmen Rojas, Ph.D. President and CEO, Marguerite Casey Foundation

Mar 3, 2026

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Most Funders Say They Get It — Only Half of Grantees Agree A striking disconnect sits at the heart of the new Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) report: 93% of […] The post Bridging Philanthropy’s Say-Do GapCarmen Rojas, Ph.D. President and CEO, Marguerite Casey Foundation appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full…
GiveWell Launches RFIs for Targeted Vaccination Outreach in Three Countries and Anemia Control Programs in Africa

Mar 2, 2026

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GiveWell is launching two new requests for information (RFI) to expand GiveWell’s funding for vaccination outreach and anemia control programs. We’re excited to replicate the success of last year’s water chlorination RFI and explore how to reach even more people in low- and middle-income countries with programs to save and improve lives. The first RFI…
GiveWell’s 2025 Grantmaking: Record Grants, Expanded Reach, Crisis Response

Feb 26, 2026

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In our 2025 grantmaking year, GiveWell approved $418 million in grants to highly cost-effective programs in order to save and improve lives as much as we can. Through years of deliberate groundwork, we’ve been growing our research capacity and scope in order to direct substantially more funding to the most impactful opportunities we can find.…
Nonprofits in Crisis: Recent Grantee Experiences Reveal the Necessity of Funders’ Attention and ActionPranathi Posa Senior Analyst, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEPMena Boyadzhiev Senior Director, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEPGeorgia Kazemi Analyst, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEP

Feb 26, 2026

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“A Sector in Crisis,” CEP’s recent research report, spotlights the nationwide effects of the current moment on nonprofits across the country — and, importantly, how foundations are (or, in some […] The post Nonprofits in Crisis: Recent Grantee Experiences Reveal the Necessity of Funders’ Attention and ActionPranathi Posa Senior Analyst, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEPMena…
Newest Publication Celebrates NCRP’s 50th Anniversary

Feb 26, 2026

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Contact: Jennifer Amuzie | jamuzie@ncrp.org Suhasini Yeeda |syeeda@ncrp.org Newest Publication Celebrates NCRP’s 50th Anniversary The Winter 2026 Issue of NCRP’s flagship journal, Responsive Philanthropy celebrates NCRP’s 50-year legacy and looks forward to 50 more years of progressive change WASHINGTON, DC – To begin its 50th anniversary commemoration, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) published its latest issue of Responsive Philanthropy journal, NCRP’s 50th Anniversary Issue. NCRP signed its incorporation…
As state and corporate surveillance intensifies, a new guide aims to help mutual aid organizations protect themselves

Feb 25, 2026

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Mutual aid is not a new concept, but over the past decade, as communities across the globe face increasing threats to their wellbeing and safety—and as surveillance and oppression on communities rise—the importance of mutual aid organizations is growing. This comes as no surprise, as history shows that mutual aid organizations serve as critical community…
The View From the Other Side: How Nonprofits Interpret Funder Responses to Current ChallengesJohn MacIntosh Managing Partner, SeaChange Capital Partners

Feb 24, 2026

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In relationships with significant power imbalances, research shows the weaker partner must be highly attuned to the behavior of the stronger partner to ensure their own safety and stability, while […] The post The View From the Other Side: How Nonprofits Interpret Funder Responses to Current ChallengesJohn MacIntosh Managing Partner, SeaChange Capital Partners appeared first…
Podcast Episode 24: Testing New Strategies to Increase Vaccination Coverage

Feb 19, 2026

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Vaccines are remarkably effective at preventing deadly diseases, and, while global needs for them are great, vaccines already receive substantial global funding. This creates a challenge: How do you identify opportunities where additional funding can meaningfully increase vaccination rates and save lives? GiveWell has long recognized the potential for highly cost-effective vaccine programs. We started…
Demystifying Sustainability: Lessons from a Small Grants Global Health ProgramCarlie Congdon Deputy Director, Program Implementation, Vital StrategiesLara Tabac Director, Vital Strategies

Feb 19, 2026

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Philanthropy has long grappled with a persistent challenge: how to ensure investments create lasting change rather than short-lived gains. For global health funders, this question has become even more urgent […] The post Demystifying Sustainability: Lessons from a Small Grants Global Health ProgramCarlie Congdon Deputy Director, Program Implementation, Vital StrategiesLara Tabac Director, Vital Strategies appeared…
NCRP Publishes Hide or Speak: Navigating Authoritarianism Without a Playbook

Feb 19, 2026

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CONTACT(S): Jennifer Amuzie— jamuzie@ncrp.org Russell Roybal — rroybal@ncrp.org NCRP Publishes Hide or Speak: Navigating Authoritarianism Without a Playbook A year into an unprecedented administration, NCRP’s newest report calls for a bold funder response Washington, DC – One year into the second Trump administration, NCRP’s newest report, Hide or Speak: Navigating Authoritarianism Without a Playbook, exposed a disturbing fault line among progressive foundation leaders. While many foundations are committed to expanding funding and strengthening partnerships, 41 percent…
Staying Steady in Choppy Waters: What Nonprofits Need From Funders in This MomentLauren Carson Founder and Executive Director, Black Girls Smile Inc.

Feb 17, 2026

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Over the past year, I’ve had more conversations than I can count that start with the same sentence: “We don’t know what’s going to happen next.” That uncertainty isn’t new […] The post Staying Steady in Choppy Waters: What Nonprofits Need From Funders in This MomentLauren Carson Founder and Executive Director, Black Girls Smile Inc.…
Donation-Based Crowdfunding: Converting Financial Capital Into Symbolic Capital

Feb 14, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article contributes to the existing donation literature by addressing the knowledge gap in the impact of the symbolic capital of charity endorsers on the intention to donate. It explores the interplay between the symbolic capital of the endorser, … Goto full post >>