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Cambridge, MA The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) announced today that Mary Kay Leonard has joined the organization as its first director of advisory services. Under her leadership, CEP’s advisory services practice will expand and build upon CEP’s existing work in the areas of foundation-grantee relationships, performance measurement, operational benchmarking, and information sharing among foundations.

“CEP has contributed to meaningful, documented change in foundation practice with our benchmarking data delivered through our assessment tools and research, as well as through our programs focused on foundation effectiveness,” said CEP President Phil Buchanan. in urban studies from Colgate University.

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The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to provide data and create insight so philanthropic funders can better define, assess, and improve their effectiveness and impact. For more information on CEP’s work, including its research, publications, and assessment tools, see www.effectivephilanthropy.org.

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The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) is a nonprofit organization whose 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.