The Staff Perception Report (SPR) explores foundation staff members’ perceptions of foundation effectiveness and job satisfaction on a comparative basis. The SPR is based on a survey specific to foundations that includes questions related to staff members’ impressions of their role in philanthropy, satisfaction with their jobs, their foundation’s impact, and opportunities for foundation improvement. Participating foundations have the opportunity to add a small number of questions specific to each foundation’s needs. In addition to providing participating foundations with comparative data, the staff surveys will help create a broad data set CEP will use to report on practices and trends in the field.

For information about participating in the next round SPRs, please contact Kevin Bolduc, vice president - assessment tools, at (617) 492-0800 ext. 202 or Romero Hayman, manager, at (617) 492-0800 ext. 211.

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Staff Perception Report Participants

• Blandin Foundation
• California Community Foundation
• The Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
• The Colorado Trust
• The Commonwealth Fund
• The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
• Endowment for Health
• Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
• Ford Family Foundation
• The Gill Foundation
• The Harvest Foundation
• The Heinz Endowments
• The James Irvine Foundation
• Lumina Foundation for Education
• The McKnight Foundation
• New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
• New York State Health Foundation
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• The Saint Paul Foundation and the Minnesota Community Foundation
• Skillman Foundation
• The Stupski Foundation
• Surdna Foundation
• The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

For more information about obtaining a Staff Perception Report, please contact Kevin Bolduc, vice president - assessment tools, at (617) 492-0800 ext. 202, or Romero Hayman, manager, at (617) 492-0800 ext. 211.