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M. Christine DeVita, President of The Wallace Foundation, Joins the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Board of Directors
April 19th, 2011
CEP is pleased to announce that Chris DeVita, President of The Wallace Foundation, will be joining our Board of Directors this May. The press release is below. ...
Michael J. Fox to Speak at Center for Effective Philanthropy’s May 10-11 Conference
March 9th, 2011
CEP is extremely pleased to announce that Michael J. Fox will speaking at our May 10-11 conference in Boston. ...
Former CEP Staff Member Ron Ragin Featured in Grammy-Winning Song
February 14th, 2011
Over the course of CEP’s nine and half year history, many CEP staffers have taken time off to participate in activities that they are passionate about, but don’t necessarily relate to their jobs – from contributing to public art projects, to providing sign language and interpretation services, to joining in international volunteer projects. So it was not out of the ordinary when Ron Ragin (currently a program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation) asked to take a few days off to participate in a concert in LA. ...
Early Bird Rates End February 1 for CEP’s 2011 Conference
January 27th, 2011
Just a few days remain to take advantage of early bird registration rates for CEP’s May 10-11, 2011 Boston conference Better Philanthropy: From Data to Impact. Our early registration rates end Tuesday, February 1. ...
Challenge Your Assumptions: 2011 Conference Agenda Now Available
November 22nd, 2010
What does it take to really move from data to impact? I’m pleased to share with you the agenda for our May 10-11 2011 conference, Better Philanthropy: From Data to Impact, where we will bring together leading thinkers to try to answer that question. ...
Program Officers Describe Keys to Success when Working with Grantees
July 28th, 2010
In her blog post of last week, Linda Wood described the benefits to philanthropy when funders participate in “more truth-telling and candor.” Her comments are right in line with the findings we report in Working with Grantees: The Keys to Success and Five Program Officers Who Exemplify Them. ...
Should Grant Makers Embrace Experts’ Advice? It Depends
April 22nd, 2010
The following op-ed by Phil Buchanan and Ellie Buteau appeared in most recent issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Buchanan and Buteau caution against new philanthropic formulas and advocate for decision making that is informed by rigorous thought and research. ...
Buchanan vs. Frumkin: “What Drives Philanthropic Success?”
April 2nd, 2010
“I think you assert a dichotomy that in fact doesn’t exist,” comments CEP President Phil Buchanan in response to a recent blog post by Peter Frumkin on the Intrepid Philanthropist. Peter Frumkin asserts that there are two categories of philanthropic processes – with Category One focused on things like logic models and program evaluation “and all the other day-to-day professional work that goes into modern philanthropy”; and Category Two “what might be called the more humanistic, interpretive, and adaptive work in philanthropy, which really comes down to judging the capacity, character, resilience, intelligence, and resourcefulness of the people who seek philanthropic funds. ...
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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...
