Press Releases

June 14, 2010	Foundation Response to Downturn Does Little for Nonprofits

June 8, 2010	Funders Say Greater Efforts Needed To Assess Performance

May 3, 2010	Five High-Performing Program Officers Provide Insights into Good Relationships with Grantees

December 9, 2009	A Strategic Plan is Not Enough for Foundations

October 23, 2009	Kevin Bolduc Recognized for His Leadership and Contributions to the Nonprofit Sector, Named Independent Sector 2009 American Express NGen Fellow

July 1, 2009	Christine James-Brown, President and CEO, Child Welfare League of America, Joins Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Board of Directors

January 1, 2009	RBF President Stephen Heintz Elected CEP Board Chair

December 3, 2008	Foundations' Assistance Beyond the Money Falls Short

August 7, 2008	Center for Effective Philanthropy President Phil Buchanan Named Top Nonprofit Leader

March 14, 2008	James R. Knickman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation, and Nadya K. Shmavonian, Vice President of Foundation Initiatives, Rockefeller Foundation, Join the Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board of Directors

January 10, 2008	Center for Effective Philanthropy Releases Case Study, Improving the Grantee Experience at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation

October 3, 2007	New Study by CEP Provides an Inside Look at Foundation Strategy

December 8, 2006	New Center for Effective Philanthropy Research Report Suggests that Debate on Provision of Support is too Narrow: Operating Support not the Silver Bullet

May 25, 2006	Former Edna McConnell Clark Foundation President Michael Bailin Joins Board of Directors of the Center for Effective Philanthropy

February 23, 2006	New Center for Effective Philanthropy Issue Paper Identifies Best Practices of Foundation Communications from the Grantee Perspective

November 7, 2005	Study of Foundation Governance Reveals How Boards Have Responded to Recent Scrutiny and How Trustees Define Board Effectiveness

October 12, 2005	Center for Effective Philanthropy's Comparative Board Report Now Broadly Available

August 3, 2005	Center for Effective Philanthropy Releases Seminar Publication; Grantee Perception Report® Chapter from Forthcoming Book Available Online

April 4, 2005	Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen B. Heintz Joins Board of Directors of Center for Effective Philanthropy

March 17, 2005	In Address to Foundation Leaders, Center for Effective Philanthropy Executive Director Calls for a New ‘Language of Assessment’

February 28, 2005	Barbara Kibbe Joins Board of Directors of Center for Effective Philanthropy; Mark Fuller Re-Elected to New Term

January 4, 2005	Phil Giudice Assumes Chair of Board of Directors of Center for Effective Philanthropy

November 29, 2004	Center for Effective Philanthropy Seminar, Higher Impact: Improving Foundation Performance, Will be Held March 17-18, 2005 in San Francisco

April 26, 2004	Center for Effective Philanthropy Releases New Report on Grantee Survey Results, Listening to Grantees: What Nonprofits Value in Their Foundation Funders

March 22, 2004	Sarah Di Troia Joins Center for Effective Philanthropy as Associate Director; Center Also Adds New Research Advisor as Team Expands

March 15, 2004	New Study Released on Overall Foundation Performance Assessment at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

February 2, 2004	Center for Effective Philanthropy Survey of CEOs Offers New Insight on Foundation Governance Practices and Conceptions of Foundation Board Effectiveness