Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)

The Center for Effective Philanthropy (cep) pursues its mission through tools and advisory services, publications, and programming. In 2020, cep focused research on issues related to The role that foundations can play in policy efforts as well as how individual and foundations could best support nonprofits as well as historically marginalized communities in The wake of The covid-19 pandemic. Cep published these reports: The funding landscape: nonprofit perspectives on current issues in Philanthropy; funder support during The covid-19 pandemic; policy influence: what foundations are doing and why; new attitudes, old practices: The provision of multiyear general operating support; and foundations respond to crisis: a series of three reports.cep delivered 88 assessment tools and advisory services engagements to foundations and grantmakers in 2020, including The grantee perception report (gpr), The applicant perception report (apr), The staff perception report (spr), The donor perception report (dpr), and custom advisory projects. These assessments help funders hear from crucial constituencies and improve their effectiveness.cep continued our work on The youthtruth project, gathering comparative feedback from hundreds of thousands of students as well as families and staff about their school experiences; creating online interactive reports for school and district administrators; and providing follow-up advisory support. In 2020, youthtruth fielded 1,627 surveys across 811 schools and shared findings from its aggregate dataset on a range of key topics, such as student learning and well-being during covid-19. Cep staff participated in a number of speaking engagements and released numerous communications via its blogs, e-newsletter, and various traditional press and social media outlets. Cep also hosted numerous webinars and virtual programs and launched a new podcast.