Press Releases

May 15, 2013	Foundation Transparency: What Nonprofits Want

January 15, 2013	Nathan Hutto Joins the Center for Effective Philanthropy as the Manager of YouthTruth ®

January 15, 2013	Vince Stehle Joins CEP Board of Directors

December 12, 2012	New Report Illuminates Keys to Foundation Staff Satisfaction

September 17, 2012	Marny Sumrall Joins CEP as Executive Director of YouthTruth®

September 13, 2012	New Report Dispels the Myth of Nonprofit Complacency

August 21, 2012	Kevin Bolduc Selected as one of Aspen Institute's 2012 Emerging Nonprofit Leaders

July 26, 2012	Foundations Aren’t Reaching Grantees Through Social Media

May 10, 2012	CEP’s Ellie Buteau named a 2012 American Express NGen Fellow by Independent Sector

April 26, 2012	Grant Oliphant, President and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation, to join the Board of Directors of the Center for Effective Philanthropy

January 10, 2012	New Nonprofit Survey Initiative from The Center for Effective Philanthropy

December 12, 2011	YouthTruth Partnership With The New Teacher Project Brings Student Perspectives to Teacher Evaluations

October 24, 2011	Kathryn Merchant Elected to Chair Board of Directors at the Center for Effective Philanthropy

October 18, 2011	Christy Pichel, President of the Stuart Foundation, Joins the Board of Directors of the Center for Effective Philanthropy

September 14, 2011	New Research Shows Community Foundations are Far Less Strategic in Action than Rhetoric Suggests

September 7, 2011	Performance Assessment on the Rise at Large U.S. Foundations but Proof of Impact Remains Elusive

July 21, 2011	YouthTruth Gives Students Greater Voice in Education Reform

May 18, 2011	New Analysis Shows Foundations’ Grantee Perception Report Results Improving

April 28, 2011	Boston Foundation’s David Trueblood to Join CEP as Vice President

April 19, 2011	M. Christine DeVita, President of The Wallace Foundation, Joins the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Board of Directors

March 9, 2011	Michael J. Fox to Speak at Center for Effective Philanthropy's (CEP) May 10-11 Conference

January 13, 2011	Grantees Cite Weaknesses in Foundation Reporting and Evaluation Processes

December 16, 2010	Case Study Highlights How Three Foundations Make Better Decisions through Understanding their Fields

October 28, 2010	Monitor Institute and CEP Join Forces to Scale Data Visualization Tool; A Potential “Game-Changer” for Philanthropy

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