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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. Those who find it fun are called nerds.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

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Self-examination was the zeitgeist of philanthropy in 2021. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Over the past two years, philanthropy has asked important questions about equitable access—access to adequate funding, access to digital tools, access to power. We reflected. We adapted. View the full set of results here.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

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Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. philanthropy,?analyzing?funding We invite you to dive into key findings from the report and explore granular data on our funding map. .

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Upcoming Webinar March 29: Mapping Philanthropy - Data Visualization for Good

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The first of these free webinars, Mapping Philanthropy: How You Can Use Data Visualization to Do Good , will be held on Thursday, March 29 at 11 a.m. At the Foundation Center, he builds mapping applications, data visualizations, semantic analysis scripts, and application programming interfaces (APIs). Pacific time.

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Data Digest — Maps, Trends, and a Social Progress Index

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This week, the call for data measurement in the social sector heightens with the proposition of a Social Progress Index and ways that NGOs can use data maps to increase effectiveness. The need for open data from NGOs is reiterated, while the way philanthropy has promoted the global Open Government Partnership is explained.

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Collecting data during a humanitarian crisis

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The data from these various sources are harmonized, and each record is coded according to Candid’s Philanthropy Classification System, either by Candid staff, our machine learning model, or a combination of both. . This data is then made available in Candid’s Foundation Directory and Foundation Maps , as well as for use in research.

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We will never know philanthropy’s full response to the COVID-19 crisis

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In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended philanthropy. At Candid, we’ve been tracking philanthropy’s response. As we review the latest data for 2020, though, we’ve realized that we have little chance of ever fully understanding philanthropy’s response to one of the most serious global crises of our lifetimes. .

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