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Donor Perception Report
Data Point: Donor Motivations for Initially Establishing Funds at Community Foundations
December 14th, 2012
As the nation discusses ways to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff,” there has been widespread debate over the likely impact of changes to the charitable tax deduction. Since 2009, CEP has been providing community foundations with insight and analysis based on rigorous surveys of their donors, working with CEOs and foundation leaders to enhance their effectiveness. ...
Walking the Talk: Collecting Feedback from Our Donor Perception Report Subscribers
March 14th, 2012
At CEP, we are in the business of gathering feedback. A significant part of our work involves helping philanthropic funders gather comparative feedback from key stakeholders. ...
The Unique and Urgent ‘Business’ of Philanthropy
December 22nd, 2011
The following blog post is adapted from a talk presented at a meeting of the Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington. As Suk Rhee mentioned in her introduction, I am a native Oregonian, so I know that there is no better place than the Pacific Northwest. ...
The Power of Donor Feedback
September 28th, 2011
The conversation at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) tends to move rapidly toward the subject of feedback. The assessment tools we provide to foundations make it possible to collect responses in areas relevant to foundation organization and practice from a wide range of constituent groups — grantees, local stakeholders and donors among them. ...
Data Point: Influencing Donors Who Give to Community Foundations
September 16th, 2011
The use and management of data stands at the core of the work undertaken by the Center for Effective Philanthropy. The set of survey tools CEP has developed as well as field-wide research builds comparative data drawn from key constituent groups—grantees, donors, staff members and others—providing insights that enable funders to better define, assess and improve their effectiveness. ...
How Community Foundations Use Donor Perspectives to Improve Their Work
July 22nd, 2011
While donors are the lifeblood of community foundations, at times it can be tough to know exactly what they want from their foundations. For two leading community foundations, learning about their donors’ views from a comparative survey served as a catalyst to get both their donors and their board members more excited and involved in foundations’ work. ...
A Dose of Honesty: And Now, a Word from Your Donors
April 12th, 2010
In the last few months, CEP officially launched the Donor Perception Report (DPR), a donor survey for community foundations and other donation-receiving funders. So far we’ve had eight community foundations participate, including San Francisco Foundation and Chicago Community Trust as the original pilot testers. ...
What Do Community Foundation Donors Value? Ask Them!
December 22nd, 2009
As the year draws to a close, the holiday giving season provides essential support for many nonprofits facing budget shortfalls – particularly following such a tough economic year. Yet of nearly 400 charities polled in a recent study, one-third expect donations to decrease by 10 percent or more this season, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. ...
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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...
