What Funders Need to Know: The State of Nonprofits and Grantee Well-Being

Nonprofits play a pivotal role in the U.S., often providing essential community services or taking on vexing social challenges. During the COVID-19 pandemic, nonprofits stepped up in vital ways, even as they themselves faced an unprecedented period of challenge. Four years on, how are nonprofits faring? What challenges do they face? What do funders — both institutional and individual — need to know in order to best support these crucial institutions? Relatedly, with concern about burnout among nonprofit staff and leaders high, how are funders approaching well-being at grantee organizations?

This free webinar, hosted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) in partnership with Philanthropy California, will examine CEP’s new, forthcoming report, State of Nonprofits 2024: What Funders Need to Know, which takes the pulse of nonprofit leaders through CEP’s nationally representative Nonprofit Voice Panel. Panelists will also discuss findings from a forthcoming CEP Research Snapshot, How Foundations are Supporting Grantee Staff Well-Being, which explores how funders are perceiving and acting on issues related to the well-being and burnout of staff at their grantee organizations.

CEP President Phil Buchanan will lead a conversation with panelists Elisha Smith Arrillaga, Ph.D., vice president, Research at CEP; Gloria Corral, president and CEO of the Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE); Tim Delaney, president and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits; and Elizabeth (Beth) Brown, managing director, Mental Health and Well-Being at the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.

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