The Center for Effective Philanthropy

The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a nonprofit organization founded in 2001. Its mission is to provide data, feedback, programs, and insights to help individual and institutional donors improve their effectiveness. CEP pursues this through assessment and advisory services, research (including grantee and donor perception surveys), its YouthTruth initiative, and programming and publications that help foundations and major donors better define, assess, and improve their philanthropic impact.