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  • Catalyzing Civic Change: It’s Time for Philanthropy to Elevate Youth Voices

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    America’s public schools were founded with a clear mission: to prepare each generation anew for the responsibilities of citizenship. Over the last year, YouthTruth, an initiative of the Center for […] The post Catalyzing Civic Change: It’s Time for Philanthropy to Elevate Youth Voices appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post…

  • Unlocking the Transformative Potential of Intermediary Funds

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    One of the fastest growing philanthropic practices in recent years is the use of collaborative, or pooled, funds — one form of intermediary funding, the subject of a recent CEP […] The post Unlocking the Transformative Potential of Intermediary Funds appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • Building the Intermediary Ecosystem: Three Core Tenets

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    Philanthropy has experienced an explosion in intermediaries in the past decade and I was privileged to have a front-row seat to that growth during my tenure at Arabella Advisors, a […] The post Building the Intermediary Ecosystem: Three Core Tenets appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • What Do Grantees Think of Intermediary Funders?

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    Over the past decade, there has been a significant rise in both the interest in and number of intermediary organizations — those that primarily regrant funds from institutional sources on […] The post What Do Grantees Think of Intermediary Funders? appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • The Giving Done Right Podcast is Back for Season Four

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    Listen to the trailer here. I’m thrilled to announce that the Giving Done Right podcast is returning for another season! This summer, CEP’s president Phil Buchanan and I have been busy in […] The post The Giving Done Right Podcast is Back for Season Four appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • Navigating the Equity Journey at Lean Foundations

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    In the evolving landscape of philanthropy, lean funders — those operating with few or no staff — are playing a crucial role in advancing racial equity. The latest edition of […] The post Navigating the Equity Journey at Lean Foundations appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • As the Planet Heats Up, New Trends Drive Climate Giving

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    After the hottest year on record, 2024 has continued to bring unprecedented heat and extreme weather events. Today, 80 percent of people globally want their country to do more on […] The post As the Planet Heats Up, New Trends Drive Climate Giving appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • Insights from Grantees: A CEP Blog Series

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    Funders have used CEP’s Grantee Perception Report to gather candid, comparative feedback from their grantees for more than two decades. In addition to sharing confidential reports with individual funders to […] The post Insights from Grantees: A CEP Blog Series appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • A Framework for Democracy Philanthropy

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    This post originally appeared on The Art of Association blog. It is challenging for philanthropic funders to get started and stay focused when it comes to strengthening democracy. The vagaries […] The post A Framework for Democracy Philanthropy appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • Burnout and Well-Being in Grantee Organizations: A CEP Blog Series

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    Among the findings of Center for Effective Philanthropy’s State of Nonprofits 2024: What Funders Need to Know, was a striking statistic: 95 percent of nonprofit leaders who responded to CEP’s survey […] The post Burnout and Well-Being in Grantee Organizations: A CEP Blog Series appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • What Business Leaders Can Learn from the Nonprofit World

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    It’s not easy being a corporate CEO these days. Just look at the recent travails of leaders at high profile companies like Boeing or Disney or Starbucks. They, and many […] The post What Business Leaders Can Learn from the Nonprofit World appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • This Election Year, Why and How to Support Women Leaders

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    With November’s election looming in the United States, who will be in power is on most of our minds. The election represents a critical window to increase female representation throughout […] The post This Election Year, Why and How to Support Women Leaders appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • Keeping the Spark Alive: How One Funder Invests in Grantee Well-Being

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    Burnout within nonprofit organization staff is a growing concern within the sector, as seen in the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s new research, State of Nonprofits 2024: What Funders Need to […] The post Keeping the Spark Alive: How One Funder Invests in Grantee Well-Being appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post…

  • How Funders Can Support Youth Mental Health: Three Ways Forward

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    From social media feeds to bus depots, messages about the importance of maintaining our physical health are all around us. In contrast, mental health receives far less attention, despite a […] The post How Funders Can Support Youth Mental Health: Three Ways Forward appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • The Whole Leader: A Call for Self-Care in Social Impact

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    Social impact professionals are some of the most extraordinary people on this planet. They work tirelessly to confront injustice, corruption, global pandemics, crumbling democracies, and potentially harmful technological advances — […] The post The Whole Leader: A Call for Self-Care in Social Impact appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • Four ‘T’s for Better Funding Relationships and Healthier Nonprofits

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    As the old saying goes “Victory has a thousand fathers.” And few victories come as close to that claim as the successes wrought by funders and their grantees.  It takes […] The post Four ‘T’s for Better Funding Relationships and Healthier Nonprofits appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

  • How Giving Circles Have Shaped the Latino Community Foundation’s Grantmaking — And What Comes Next

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    At the heart of the Latino Community Foundation’s (LCF) mission to unleash the civic and economic power of Latinos are our most passionate advocates: the members of our Latino Giving […] The post How Giving Circles Have Shaped the Latino Community Foundation’s Grantmaking — And What Comes Next appeared first on The Center for Effective…

  • Elections Are Coming, and the Time for Funders to Act Is Now

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    Summer is heating up and so, too, are efforts to register voters and get out the vote in advance of what is promising to be a tense election season. Not […] The post Elections Are Coming, and the Time for Funders to Act Is Now appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full…

  • Making It Count: Expanding the Ford Foundation’s Diversity Data Collection Beyond the United States

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    As a global funder, we often hear from, and share with, our peers the challenges of collecting grantee demographic data internationally. This includes questions of how to navigate different legal […] The post Making It Count: Expanding the Ford Foundation’s Diversity Data Collection Beyond the United States appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.…

  • Reimagining the Philanthropic Resource Chain: Lessons from Fiscal Sponsorship and Intermediary Funds

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    In the philanthropic sector, intermediaries and fiscal sponsors play a vital role. They are the critical links that connect resources from donors to historically overlooked causes and marginalized communities. Pooling […] The post Reimagining the Philanthropic Resource Chain: Lessons from Fiscal Sponsorship and Intermediary Funds appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full…