CEP offers individual foundations
the opportunity to assess performance on key dimensions relative to
other foundations. Foundations can elect to see custom analyses, including
comparison to a cohort comprised of foundations that are similar on
key dimensions such as size or programmatic focus.
By subscribing to CEP's assessment tools, foundations achieve
two ends:
They obtain important new insights into their foundation's performance.
They support the development of comparative data for the field
that is analyzed by CEP's staff and described in publications
that are made broadly available.
Until recently, few tools existed for obtaining impartial, confidential, comparative
data related to foundation performance. CEP, guided by its Advisory
Board of foundation and nonprofit leaders, is working to build tools
that provide practical, actionable data for foundation leaders - to
enable higher-performing foundations.