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Four Nonprofit Leaders on a Year of Extraordinary ChallengeCEP Staff

Apr 1, 2026

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CEP’s recently released report, “A Sector in Crisis,” revealed that nonprofits are responding to both increased demand and reduced funding. We asked four nonprofit leaders to briefly describe what this […] The post Four Nonprofit Leaders on a Year of Extraordinary ChallengeCEP Staff appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>
March 2026 Updates

Mar 31, 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…
Rethinking the Spend-Down Debate: Mission First, Timeline SecondTracy McFerrin Founder and Principal, Credo AdvisorsBen Zeno

Mar 31, 2026

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Bill Gates’s May 2025 announcement that his foundation will spend its $200 billion endowment by 2045 reignites a long-running question in philanthropy: whether to exist in perpetuity or spend down […] The post Rethinking the Spend-Down Debate: Mission First, Timeline SecondTracy McFerrin Founder and Principal, Credo AdvisorsBen Zeno appeared first on The Center for Effective…
Determinants of AI Adoption in Nonprofit Organizations

Mar 30, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) becomes more prevalent across all types of organizations, interest in adopting artificial intelligence (AI) tools by charitable nonprofit organizations, who are given 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by the … Goto full post >>
Book Review: People powered radio: Fifty years of Australian community radio station 4ZZZ by Anderson, H and Community radio in South Asia: Mapping the alternative mediascape in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh by Rampersaud-Skorka, T

Mar 30, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Goto full post >>
Book Review: How consultants shape nonprofits: Shared values, unintended consequences by Reisman, L. M. G

Mar 28, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Goto full post >>
How Getting Clear on Values Helped One Foundation Show Up for Its PartnersElizabeth Love CEO, Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation

Mar 26, 2026

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The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s new research snapshot, “Foundation Governance Today: How Boards and CEOs Are Navigating Risk, Accountability, and a Shifting Landscape,” reveals that many foundation CEOs feel their […] The post How Getting Clear on Values Helped One Foundation Show Up for Its PartnersElizabeth Love CEO, Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation appeared first…
Governance Shifts Can Unlock Big Impact for GrantmakersMeghan Duffy Executive Vice President, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

Mar 24, 2026

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After talking with hundreds of foundation staff and board members over the past two years about governance, I’m not surprised by the findings in the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s new […] The post Governance Shifts Can Unlock Big Impact for GrantmakersMeghan Duffy Executive Vice President, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations appeared first on The Center for…
Book Review: The Philippines Road Home: Developing a Communicative Approach to Participation in Housing by Koschmann, M.

Mar 24, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Goto full post >>
Podcast Episode 26: Investing in Information for Greater Future Impact

Mar 19, 2026

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GiveWell’s primary focus has always been researching, identifying, and directing donations to programs we believe will do the most good. When GiveWell first started, we approached this by looking for organizations that were already delivering highly cost-effective, evidence-backed programs and directing funding to those programs. Over time, we were able to focus further upstream by…
Governing Through Uncertainty: In Conversation About Newly Released CEP ResearchKevin Bolduc Vice President, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEPSeara Grundhoefer Senior Analyst, Research

Mar 19, 2026

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In this conversation, CEP’s Vice President of Assessment and Advisory Services Kevin Bolduc talks with CEP Senior Research Analyst Seara Grundhoefer about data CEP just released that explores the role […] The post Governing Through Uncertainty: In Conversation About Newly Released CEP ResearchKevin Bolduc Vice President, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEPSeara Grundhoefer Senior Analyst, Research…
Professional Data Use Among Nonprofits and Public Organizations in Collaborative Networks: The Influence of Partners, Coalitions, and Technical Assistance Organizations

Mar 18, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Nonprofits and public organizations may benefit from using evaluation data to improve programs and managerial decisions. Guided by organizational learning and institutional theory, this study investigates how partners, coalitions, and technical assistance … Goto full post >>
Common Ground for Donors: Supporting Our Youngest Children and Their FamiliesKatherine (Kat) Kaufmann Partner, The Bridgespan GroupMaggie Davies Partner, The Bridgespan GroupRebecca Brondfield Principal, The Bridgespan Group

Mar 17, 2026

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Today, while American families increasingly struggle to get by, the political divisions dominating public debate are impeding concerted policy progress to help them. But there is at least one approach […] The post Common Ground for Donors: Supporting Our Youngest Children and Their FamiliesKatherine (Kat) Kaufmann Partner, The Bridgespan GroupMaggie Davies Partner, The Bridgespan GroupRebecca…
Nonprofit Policies in an Anti-DEI Legislative Environment

Mar 17, 2026

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Despite the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices and policies, some public service organizations do not have them. Discourse surrounding DEI has pressured many organizations to remove DEI policies given their resource dependence … Goto full post >>
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…