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Center for Effective Philanthropy Releases New Findings on Foundation Transparency

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What do Foundations think of transparency and to what extent are they being transparent? The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s recent report “Sharing What Matters, Foundation Transparency” delves into these issues and offers the most complete assessment to date of how foundations view and practice transparency. The report, funded by the Fund for Shared Insight, draws from 145 surveys of independent and community foundation CEOs, 70 foundation website reviews and more than 15,000 grantee surveys.

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