Life After Charlottesville: Choosing Our Paths
I can’t say for sure exactly how any of us come to understand, over the...
General Support and Myths about New Funders
There are a lot of statements made about “new” donors and how they differ from...
Foundations React to Shifting Winds in Washington
Foundations are frequently caricatured as lumbering — as slow to respond to changing contexts. But…
Losing Our Religion: Against Sector Agnosticism
It has become fashionable in the past decade or so to declare oneself “sector agnostic.”…
An Insider’s Guide to the CEP Conference
When I was hired as CEP’s first executive director in 2001, there were far fewer…
Influencing Philanthropic Practice Responsibly
CEP’s focus is on influencing foundations to be more effective. We seek to do that…
Making a Conference Worth Attending
The following is a revised and updated version of a post that originally appeared on…
Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia
By Phil Buchanan and Ellie Buteau More than two-thirds of the CEOs of large, staffed…
Policy Advocacy: Best Weapon in a Foundation’s Arsenal — or a Threat to Democracy?
Nowhere have concerns about foundations’ policy influence been greater in recent years than in the…
Foundations and Policy: A Different Conversation
Not so long ago, politically left-of-center foundation types frequently pointed — with what felt like…
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