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The Full Current of Capital: When Every Resource Flows Toward MissionCarmen Rojas, Ph.D. President and CEO, Marguerite Casey FoundationRickke Mananzala President, New York FoundationDaniel Gould Vice President of Investments and Operations, Marguerite Casey FoundationLenore Champagne Beirne Investment Committee Chair, New York Foundation

Sep 24, 2026

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In the first two pieces in this series, we introduced the tidal foundation and explored when mission may require higher payout. But how much a foundation spends is only one […] The post The Full Current of Capital: When Every Resource Flows Toward MissionCarmen Rojas, Ph.D. President and CEO, Marguerite Casey FoundationRickke Mananzala President, New…
How One Collaborative’s Movement-Led Participatory Model Makes a Difference for GranteesKevin Bolduc Vice President, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEPEsperanza Pallana Executive Director, Wildseeds Fund

Sep 22, 2026

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In the second half of 2025, CEP’s Assessment and Advisory Services Team worked with the teams at Philanthropy Together, Redstone, and Vital Impact to survey recent grant recipients of 21 […] The post How One Collaborative’s Movement-Led Participatory Model Makes a Difference for GranteesKevin Bolduc Vice President, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEPEsperanza Pallana Executive Director,…
NCRP Announces Election of Three New Members to Board; Thanks Outgoing Members for Combined 33 Years of Service

Sep 18, 2026

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CONTACT(S): Jennifer Amuzie— jamuzie@ncrp.org Russell Roybal — rroybal@ncrp.org NCRP Announces Election of Three New Members to Board; Thanks Outgoing Members for Combined 33 Years of Service WASHINGTON, DC — The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) announced today that three new members have been elected to its board. The organization, with more than 50 years of philanthropic accountability and…
When the Tide Should Rise: Deciding When Mission Requires MoreCarmen Rojas, Ph.D. President and CEO, Marguerite Casey FoundationRickke Mananzala President, New York FoundationIan Fuller Chair, Marguerite Casey Foundation Board of DirectorsTrish Adobea Tchume Chair, New York Foundation Board of Directors

Sep 17, 2026

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In the first piece of this series, we introduced the tidal foundation as an alternative to the fixed choice between perpetuity or spend down. In this piece, we will get […] The post When the Tide Should Rise: Deciding When Mission Requires MoreCarmen Rojas, Ph.D. President and CEO, Marguerite Casey FoundationRickke Mananzala President, New York…
What Inflation Taught Us About Consistent GrantmakingJackie Daniel Domestic Partnerships Manager, The Pilgrim FoundationManivanh Khy Executive Director, The Pilgrim Foundation

Sep 15, 2026

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During a recent review of the Pilgrim Foundation’s U.S.-based grant applications, one theme surfaced repeatedly in conversations with our nonprofit partners: everything costs more. Partners described higher expenses for staffing, […] The post What Inflation Taught Us About Consistent GrantmakingJackie Daniel Domestic Partnerships Manager, The Pilgrim FoundationManivanh Khy Executive Director, The Pilgrim Foundation appeared first…
The Tidal Foundation: Unmooring Philanthropy From Perpetuity Versus Spend DownRickke Mananzala President, New York FoundationCarmen Rojas, Ph.D. President and CEO, Marguerite Casey Foundation

Sep 10, 2026

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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, […] The post The Tidal Foundation: Unmooring Philanthropy From Perpetuity Versus Spend DownRickke Mananzala President, New York FoundationCarmen Rojas, Ph.D. President and CEO, Marguerite Casey…
Advancing Justice Collaboratively: Borealis Philanthropy’s 11 Years of Cross-Movement Funding

Sep 8, 2026

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Systems Change and Solidarity Frontline social movements are powerful. They have a vision for what this world could look like beyond the dominant capitalist system and proven solutions to the polycrisis we are in. Frontline movement leaders recognize that wealth was built off their backs while they continue to navigate the consequences of injustice. Some…
Revisiting the DEI Debate: What We Can Learn From Corporate CapitulationPhil Buchanan President, CEP

Sep 8, 2026

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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 […] The post Revisiting the DEI Debate: What We Can Learn From Corporate CapitulationPhil Buchanan President, CEP appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.…
The Changing Face of Philanthropy: Sentiment, Criticism, and Organizational Context in Two Centuries of Newspaper Coverage (1840–2024)

Sep 8, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study traces media portrayals of philanthropy across two centuries of American newspapers (N= 59,332) using validated large language model coding of sentiment, criticism, organizational context, and critique types. Contrary to narratives of growing … Goto full post >>
Pressure-Testing Our Research as GiveWell Grows

Sep 3, 2026

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GiveWell works to continually improve our research so we can make better grant decisions and direct donations where we believe they can do the most good. GiveWell’s Cross-Cutting research subteam is an important part of that effort—it investigates the impact of the programs we fund, works to resolve our largest uncertainties, and aims to improve…
Rest Is Infrastructure — It’s Time Foundations Treated It That WayAbby Siegel Hyman Program Partner for External Partnerships, The Healing TrustJosh Feldman CEO and Founder, R&R: The Rest of our LivesRachel Zieleniec Chief Program Officer, R&R: The Rest of our Lives

Sep 3, 2026

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“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 […] The post Rest Is Infrastructure — It’s Time Foundations Treated It That WayAbby Siegel Hyman Program Partner for External Partnerships, The Healing TrustJosh Feldman…
Financial Conditions, Political Connections, and Nonprofit Investment Income: Evidence From Chinese Foundations

Sep 2, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Investment income offers nonprofits a flexible and sustainable revenue source, yet it remains underexamined in the literature, particularly outside Western contexts. This study addresses that gap by analyzing panel data from Chinese foundations from 2018 … Goto full post >>
Is the Call to Give More Distracting Foundations From Giving Better?Neel Hajra CEO, Michigan Health Endowment Fund

Sep 1, 2026

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I’ve appreciated seeing CEP’s leaders contribute thoughtful viewpoints in recent weeks on some of the burning topics facing our field. I’m thinking specifically about Phil Buchanan’s column about smart approaches […] The post Is the Call to Give More Distracting Foundations From Giving Better?Neel Hajra CEO, Michigan Health Endowment Fund appeared first on The Center…
GiveWell’s 2025 Metrics and Impact

Aug 31, 2026

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Thanks to the trust and generosity of our donors, GiveWell raised $616 million in metrics year 2025, an increase of 49% from 2024.1GiveWell’s metrics year runs from February 1 through January 31. jQuery(‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_16840_1_1’).tooltip({ tip: ‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_16840_1_1’, tipClass: ‘footnote_tooltip’, effect: ‘fade’, predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: ‘top right’, relative: true, offset: [10, 10],…
Getting Bullied in the Nonprofit Sector: The Dark Side of Public Service Motivation and Political Behavior

Aug 31, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Bullying is harmful and prominent in nonprofit organizations (NPOs), yet it remains understudied. This article investigates how public service motivation (PSM), which is trait-like, prosocial and vital to NPOs, may counterintuitively expose NPO workers to … Goto full post >>
August 2026 Updates

Aug 28, 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…
The Research behind Our $276 Million Grant for Malaria Nets in DRC

Aug 27, 2026

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Malaria kills around 600,000 people annually. Children under five years old in Africa account for about 70% of all malaria deaths worldwide, and around 11% of total malaria deaths are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[1] As part of our ongoing efforts to scale our research and funding to direct much more money…
The Sector Is Still Burning – Here’s What We Know NowCarolina García Jayaram CEO, Elevate Prize Foundation

Aug 27, 2026

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Two years ago, burnout in the nonprofit sector was a five-alarm fire — and it’s only spread and raged further since then. At the time, I wrote “A Call for […] The post The Sector Is Still Burning – Here’s What We Know NowCarolina García Jayaram CEO, Elevate Prize Foundation appeared first on The Center…
What it Takes to Build Locally-Grounded Systems ChangeCamilo Andrés Morales Country Director for Colombia, Jacobs FoundationAna Cubillo Global Program Director, Jacobs Foundation

Aug 25, 2026

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When it comes to effecting tangible improvements in local or regional systems, collaborations across the public, private, and philanthropic sectors are of paramount importance. That said, many in philanthropy will […] The post What it Takes to Build Locally-Grounded Systems ChangeCamilo Andrés Morales Country Director for Colombia, Jacobs FoundationAna Cubillo Global Program Director, Jacobs Foundation…
Reconnecting with My Reproductive Justice Story at LTAS Conference 2026

Aug 25, 2026

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Trigger Warning – gendered violence Reproductive Justice Ancestors In the spring of 2025, I took a trip back to my motherland of Andhra Pradesh. In a small village on the coast of eastern India, I visited, for the second time in my life, my paternal grandmother’s home. Up until that point, all I knew…