Description
CEP's mission is to provide data and create insight so philanthropic funders can better define, assess, and improve their effectiveness - and, as a result, their intended impact.
Program areas at CEP
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (cep) pursues its mission through data collection and research that fuels The creation of assessment tools and advisory services, publications, and programming. In 2019, cep conducted studies that resulted in The reports: "greater good: lessons from those who have started major grantmaking organizations, and "crucial donors: how major individual givers can best support nonprofits." Cep delivered 115 assessment tools and advisory services engagements to foundations and grantmakers in 2019, 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. In addition, cep continued its 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 2019 youthtruth fielded 1,800 surveys across 820 schools, and shared findings from its aggregate dataset on a range of key topics. Cep staff participated in a number of speaking engagements and released numerous communications via its blog, e-newsletter, and various traditional press and social media outlets.