Monthly Archive
June 2010Report Watch: Giving While Living Requires Inspiration and Good Strategy
June 28th, 2010
I uttered several affirmations (everything from “right on!” to “yes! ...
BP Oil Spill: A Cautionary Tale on Blurring of Sector Boundaries?
June 15th, 2010
I think the BP oil spill – not to mention the well-documented consequences of putting profits over safety in everything from the meat industry to mining to the toy business – should raise some questions for us about the role of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. … But, today, to engage these questions is to go against the grain. ...
One Foundation’s Efforts to Support Grantees in a Time of Need
June 14th, 2010
In the last half of 2009, CEP began asking grantees about their funders’ communications and helpfulness in response to the downturn. The data, gathered from surveys of over 6,000 grantees of 37 foundations, has been analyzed in a CEP report, A Time of Need: Nonprofits Report Poor Communication and Little Help From Foundations During the Economic Downturn. ...
Funders Agree: More Must Be Done to Assess Performance
June 9th, 2010
Foundation leaders think more needs to be done to assess overall foundation performance, but there isn’t nearly enough evidence that progress is being made on this front. That’s what I take away from a survey by LFA Associates that CEP commissioned, with support from the Hewlett Foundation, which we released this week. ...
assessing performance
beneficiary feedback
beneficiary perceptions
communications
community foundations
comparative data
conferences
developing strategy
Donor Perception Report
economy
effective philanthropy
Essentials of Foundation Strategy
foundation effectiveness
foundation governance
foundation performance
foundation staff/program officers
foundation strategy
foundation transparency
Funder/Grantee Relationships
funder/grantee relationships
funder effectiveness
giving strategy
goals
Grantee Perception Report
grantee perspectives
Grantee Voice
indicators
leadership
nonprofit sector
overall foundation performance assessment
performance assessment
performance measurement
philanthropy
role of philanthropy
social media
Staff Perception Report
stakeholder engagement
strategy implementation
youth
YouthTruth
Lessons from a Risk Taken
I really appreciate your willingness to share this and your assessment of what didn't work out as planned or anticipated. Thanks.
I really appreciate your willingness to share this and your assessment of what didn't work out as planned or anticipated. Thanks.
Lessons from a Risk Taken
Jon, thanks for the comment. If there’s one thing we learned, it’s that the cost in time and effort and dollars were all higher than...
Jon, thanks for the comment. If there’s one thing we learned, it’s that the cost in time and effort and dollars were all higher than...
Lessons from a Risk Taken
Thanks for sharing the lessons learned, and what I sense are second thoughts about the cost/benefit of the whole enterprise. I appreciate the thirst for...
Thanks for sharing the lessons learned, and what I sense are second thoughts about the cost/benefit of the whole enterprise. I appreciate the thirst for...
Foundations and Impact Investing: What Is Really Going On?
Great insight. Sometimes it's great to invest in multiple countries as security as the economy in one country might decrease and increase in another.
Great insight. Sometimes it's great to invest in multiple countries as security as the economy in one country might decrease and increase in another.
Foundations and Impact Investing: What Is Really Going On?
Great questions. It is likely still too early to get a handle on whether the (potential) results reflect the hype meaningfully. However, I will be...
Great questions. It is likely still too early to get a handle on whether the (potential) results reflect the hype meaningfully. However, I will be...
