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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

Candid

This partnership meets a community need to apply an intersectional lens to data analysis and enables funders and nonprofits to gain insight into disparities masked by aggregated data. It also provides a quantitative baseline to evaluate and build upon equity strategies.

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Making meaning of Candid’s free demographic data set 

Candid

The data set is a goldmine for researchers and evaluators interested in better understanding the demographics of the nonprofit sector. It also offers suggestions on when researchers and evaluators may want to choose one method to access the data over the other. And perhaps even more exciting, it’s also free to access.

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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

Data is critical in evaluating programs, demonstrating the need for new services, and helping nonprofits build an airtight case for support. In addition, such data sets frequently aggregate more than 50 diverse AANHPI ethnic subgroups under the monolithic label of “Asian Americans.” For example, aggregated data from the U.S.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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And individual participation is seldom evaluated in any meaningful way. Excellent performance comes from boards that aggregate ideas to move forward with their collective best thinking. Beyond personal enthusiasm and professional recognition, volunteer leaders don’t have many concrete incentives to excel. Create Synergy.

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Data to support the relentless pursuit of racial equity 

Candid

My many years of experience collecting and analyzing data as an evaluator naturally lead me to ask: What has been the measurable impact of this important shift? At the 2022 Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) conference, a few fellow evaluators and I discussed the findings of the AAPIP report Seeking to Soar.

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The 2024 Best NPOs To Work For: Data Shows Satisfaction Slipping In Some Areas

The NonProfit Times

Across the board within the 2021 study, which evaluated employee attitudes during 2020, the data revealed high-water marks in employee satisfaction. This year, the aggregated figure stood at 92% of positive responses. There is a curiosity when looking at historical data — a period covering the calendar years 2019-2023.

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10 Donor Data Migration Decisions: Q&A with Gary Carr

3rd Sector Labs

Check our blog – you will find that we periodically report on the aggregated polling results. In question 1, the response rate for people finding it easier to conduct fundraising campaigns was higher than our observed norm, 29% today vs. 21% all results aggregated. From this group of respondents, we learned a few things.

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