From Belief to Practice: Why Multiyear Flexible Funding Still Lags Behind Consensus
Most funders agree on what nonprofits need to thrive: flexibility, trust, and sustained support. These principles are widely endorsed, reflected…
Proposed Phoenix Homeless Feeding Ordinance
What Nonprofit Leaders Need to Know Before the May 6 Vote On May 6, 2026, the Phoenix City Council is…
Rethinking Payout: The Hidden Costs of Undervaluing Social Return
What We Miss When We Measure Foundations typically make payout decisions using logic borrowed from finance. The underlying assumption is…
Governing Through Nonprofit Instability: A Purpose-Driven Framework
The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s recent research tells a clear story: Nonprofits are carrying more demand with fewer resources. Foundations…
Why Unauthorized Donation Pages Are a Real Problem for Nonprofits
This month, 23 state Attorneys General and Secretaries of State sent a letter to GoFundMe expressing grave concerns about the…
Building Capacity, Fostering Trust: A Look at Beyond-the-Grant Support at One Foundation
Overdeck Family Foundation, a New York-based education funder, has engaged with the Center for Effective Philanthropy repeatedly over the years…
A Call for Higher Payout from a Believer in Perpetual Foundations
It’s not necessarily the most popular take, but I am not afraid to admit it: I am a believer in…
Mission Control Command Center – Another Attempt to Target Nonprofits –
The latest report that the FBI and IRS have created a new “mission control command center” to investigate nonprofits for…
Four Nonprofit Leaders on a Year of Extraordinary Challenge
CEP’s recently released report, “A Sector in Crisis,” revealed that nonprofits are responding to both increased demand and reduced funding.…
Foundation Governance Today and Tomorrow: Shifting the Mindset from Managing Crises to Long-Term Transformation
The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s research on “Foundation Governance Today” could not be more timely. Foundation leadership and governance are…