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Can Feedback Fuel Change at Foundations?

Publication date: 
05/2011
When foundations make a commitment to getting consistent feedback from their grantees that is candid and comparative, they can make substantive changes that result in different—and better—grantee experiences. Foundations that use the Grantee Perception Report (GPR) more than once are making changes that are benefiting the organizations they fund. In addition to describing the data, the report identifies four keys to driving change as a result of the GPR, based on CEP’s experience delivering results to some 200 foundations.
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Report
Audience 
Grants Managers
Topic(s) 
Evaluation
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Zegar Family Foundation Among Leading Philanthropic Organizations to Partner and Commit Over $223M to Reducing Methane Emissions

Release Date: 
10/11/2021
... emissions globally and significantly boosts philanthropic resources allocated specifically to methane reduction. ... keep a 1.5°C future within reach,” said U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John...
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Member News
Funding Area 
Environment and Climate Change
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Bloomberg Philanthropies
Zegar Family Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Launches Campaign for Greater Investments in Santa Clara County’s Youngest Residents

Release Date: 
01/03/2020
... The Choose Children campaign will engage and educate candidates for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in ... during a child’s earliest years is essential to the health and well-being of our community...

Salesforce, Johnson & Johnson, and New York Women’s Foundation Harnessing Talent To Remake Workplace Giving

Release Date: 
04/02/2018
... giving in the U.S., totaling $18.5 billion in 2016 . It's even more modest compared to corporate profits, which totaled some $6 trillion in 2016 . But the smarter use of these funds is opening up new .....

Sharing What Matters: Foundation Transparency

Publication date: 
03/2016
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) examined the perspectives of foundation CEOs and learned that there is much agreement on the audiences for their transparency efforts. Foundation CEOs also agree about what they believe is the most important information to share with those audiences.However, foundation practice lags behind CEOs’ beliefs.
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Report
Funding Area 
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
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Center for Effective Philanthropy

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