Kevin Bolduc, Phil Buchanan, Author at The Center for Effective Philanthropy https://cep.org Thu, 08 May 2025 17:48:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://cep.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-cep-logo-square-32x32.jpg Kevin Bolduc, Phil Buchanan, Author at The Center for Effective Philanthropy https://cep.org 32 32 In Conversation: About Those 100-and-Some Days https://cep.org/blog/in-conversation-about-those-100-and-some-days/ Thu, 08 May 2025 14:11:33 +0000 https://cep.org/?p=11106 This is the first in a series of occasional chats among some of CEP’s staff we’ll be posting on the blog, in which they discuss the current context for philanthropy […]

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]]> A Wave Forming? Funders Taking Action in Response to a Challenging Context https://cep.org/blog/a-wave-forming-funders-taking-action-in-response-to-a-challenging-context/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:31:08 +0000 https://cep.org/?p=10909 It’s clear that nonprofits are looking for more support from their foundation funders, in both words and deeds, as they grapple with a Trump administration that seems hell-bent on going […]

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]]> Chaos, Cruelty, and Coercion: How Philanthropy Can Respond https://cep.org/blog/chaos-cruelty-and-coercion-how-philanthropy-can-respond/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:21:48 +0000 https://cep.org/?p=10802 Just after executive orders started to flow, I described the Trump administration as seeking to create chaos and cruelty. I should’ve added a third “c” — coercion. For philanthropic funders, […]

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]]> Listening to Nonprofits in Moments of Political Uncertainty: Five Suggestions from Grantees https://cep.org/blog/listening-to-nonprofits-in-moments-of-political-uncertainty-five-suggestions-from-grantees/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:22:10 +0000 https://cep.org/?p=10210 In moments of great uncertainty, it can be easy to freeze. However, as the pandemic taught us, funders have a crucial responsibility to support nonprofits to weather moments of rapid […]

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]]> You Know What They Say About Assumptions: A Reflection on New Research About Intermediary Funders https://cep.org/blog/you-know-what-they-say-about-assumptions-a-reflection-on-new-research-about-intermediary-funders/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:20:13 +0000 https://cep.org/?p=10119 CEP’s new research, Bridging the Gap: Grantee Perspectives on Intermediary Funders, makes one very clear point: Grantee experiences with intermediary funders mirror their experiences with originating funders (those that are […]

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]]> A Pride Month Call to Action: Highlighting the Less Positive Experiences of LGBTQ+ Grantees https://cep.org/blog/a-pride-month-call-to-action-highlighting-the-less-positive-experiences-of-lgbtq-grantees/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:02:59 +0000 https://cep.org/?p=8356 Part protest, part commemoration, and part celebration, Pride Month joyfully invites us all to see the rich and diverse lives of queer folks — and to recognize that as far […]

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]]> Silently Shrinking Grants: Is Inflation Reducing the Value of Your Grant? https://cep.org/blog/silently-shrinking-grants-is-inflation-reducing-the-value-of-your-grant/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:15:06 +0000 https://localhost/blog/silently-shrinking-grants-is-inflation-reducing-the-value-of-your-grant/ In philanthropy, we have been talking a lot about the crucial need for funders to provide more multiyear, general operating support. That’s important, and I also think we need to […]

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]]> Eight Signs Your Board Might Be Dysfunctional https://cep.org/blog/eight-signs-your-board-might-be-dysfunctional-2/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 13:08:38 +0000 https://localhost/blog/eight-signs-your-board-might-be-dysfunctional-2/ This post originally appeared on the blog in February 2022.  We’ve spent a ton of time in foundation board rooms, for better and for worse. We’ve also been board members […]

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]]> How Gender Differences Show Up (and Don’t) in CEP’s Grantee Perception Report https://cep.org/blog/how-gender-differences-show-up-and-dont-in-ceps-grantee-perception-report/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:16:19 +0000 https://localhost/blog/how-gender-differences-show-up-and-dont-in-ceps-grantee-perception-report/ Philanthropy and foundations exist and work for change within systems pervaded with racism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism, among other harmful “-isms.” In fact, some foundations have amassed their wealth precisely […]

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]]> Demographic Data Collection: The Personal, the Practical, and the Potential for Impact https://cep.org/blog/demographic-data-collection-the-personal-the-practical-and-the-potential-for-impactfull-disclosure-this-was-more-than-two-decades-ago-and-my-memory-fails-me-welcoming-williams-was/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:10:37 +0000 https://localhost/blog/demographic-data-collection-the-personal-the-practical-and-the-potential-for-impact/ Within my first couple weeks of starting college, my Junior Advisor (Williams College’s student equivalent of a dorm parent) gathered a dozen of my “entry” mates for our Welcoming Williams […]

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