Candid

AUGUST 9, 2023

At Candid, it means thinking about how we can get more data into the hands of academic researchers for the betterment of the social sector. Candid has long worked with academic researchers to create custom data sets to answer specific research questions, a service we continue to offer. This is why, with support from the Alfred P.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Now with over 100 partners , and nearly 60,000 organizations sharing data, the Demographics via Candid campaign is going strong. In the process, we have noticed there are some common concerns and barriers that tend to come up on the road to better demographic data.

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2024

Candid began collecting demographic data from nonprofit organizations in July 2019, encouraging them to share information on their leadership, staff, and board members on their nonprofit profiles. What supports could help reduce the burden on nonprofits and increase engagement with this data via Candid?

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Candid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Today, Candid released our latest research manual, Analyzing Candid’s demographic data. nonprofits currently share some demographic data about their staff and board with Candid. In fact, about 1,000 nonprofits are now adding demographic data to their Candid profiles every month. Over 62,000 U.S. For example, U.S.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

When a crisis occurs—whether it’s the war in Ukraine or the COVID-19 pandemic—people seek up-to-date information. As the largest source of data on philanthropic and nonprofit organizations, Candid fields many of these questions. . It takes more than two years to collect comprehensive data about U.S. foundations’ giving.

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Candid

JANUARY 5, 2023

If you’ve been waiting for an invitation to the data conversation, this is it. Whether you’re a nonprofit, funder, or a consortium of both, fundamental questions are surfacing about social sector data that merit your attention. Is social sector data a type of public good? We’ve already unlocked all 2.8

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Since 2014, Candid has been collecting demographic data about the people who work at U.S. To date, over 54,000 organizations have shared some data about how their staff and/or board identify by race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and/or disability status. Demographic data sharing varies by nonprofit subject category.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

Types of AI Tools To start, it’s important to know about some of the models already available to the public. With the amount of data available, tools are leapfrogging each other monthly, which means it might take some research to find which one works best for you. LLMs are meant to produce conversational human language responses.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 17, 2024

Alarmingly, 22% of hospitals were found to be commingling public-facing guest networks used by visitors and patients for Wi-Fi access with the internal networks on which much of their life-sustaining medical equipment operates. “Of The post Healthcare Systems Dangerously Mixing Data Access appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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VisionLink

MARCH 23, 2020

Available Now: covid-local.org Visionlink's data science partner, Talus Analytics, has been working with the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) Bio team, the Center for Global Development, and the Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security to create an authoritative guide for COVID-19 response.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fundraising Data: The Secret Weapon for Event Success During the Greater Giving hosted webinar Data-Driven Events: Elevating Fundraising Success , Stephen Kilbreath and Julianne Read of Kilbreath Events discussed the power of data-driven fundraising. Ask lots of questions of your data to get answers that will help you.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

One of the most common reasons people analyze Candid’s grant data is to understand year-over-year giving trends in the sector. To do so, it’s easy to assume that the best place to start is with as much data as possible. Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000. What is the Foundation 1000?

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

Donor Data Management How To Supercharge Relationships You’ve spent weeks, months, or even years collecting every bit of data your donors produce. Your donor data may include phone numbers, emails, birthdays, donation history, and even meal preferences. Here’s what you can expect in this guide: Gather relevant donor data.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. This data powers tools like Candid’s Foundation Directory , allowing users to see who’s giving what, where, and to whom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

One of the questions I was asked, ”Why Data Informed? Why Not Data-Driven?” ” Being data-informed is something very different from a data-driven culture. The term “data-driven” has been used to describe organizations that rely solely on cold hard data to make decisions.

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Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The data visualization tool, which consists of a map, charts, and lists, documents foundation support across several key areas including: campaign and election processes governing institutions and processes information and media public engagement and voting . Our Foundation Funding for U.S. democracy.

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Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

To understand the demographic makeup of nonprofit partners, individual funders often request this information on their own. Candid saw an opportunity to relieve this data-request burden while also providing a standardized benchmark measurement for the entire sector: enter Demographics via Candid. Introducing Demographics via Candid.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

Who can you trust for information these days? Research sources (if you trust them) show that the American public distrusts common information sources: According to Pew Research Center, Americans’ trust in the federal government is at near historic lows. Provide a one-stop-shop for information sharing.

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sgEngage

JUNE 13, 2022

Candid’s mission is to get grantmakers and nonprofits the information you need to do good. But we recognize that data can also be used to do harm. Over the years, we’ve faced various situations in which we’ve had to remove, anonymize, or otherwise modify data to prevent potential harm. Define the Nature of the Risk Involved.

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Candid

MAY 12, 2021

This gap is notable because IRS 990 filings are a substantial source of data about nonprofits and foundation grantmaking in the U.S. At Candid, grants data from 990s flows into tools such as Foundation Directory , public dashboards that provide insights into philanthropy in different regions across the U.S.,

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2024

Leverage donor data, segmentation, and targeted communications to identify these leads and direct them to your moves management team. Data will help your nonprofit qualify major donor prospects. Determine this using data like net worth, real estate ownership, stock holdings, and more. Segment and prioritize your donors.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A major part of connecting with these individuals and optimizing the giving experience is utilizing the data you collect about their giving trends to inform your future fundraising decisions. . A big part of this is understanding and leveraging data to inform any changes they make to the donor experience.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 14, 2023

That light-hearted description probably isn’t worthy of the significance of this advanced language technology’s entrance into the public market. Bard is a large language model, also known as a conversational AI or chatbot trained to be informative and comprehensive. Users should be cautious and verify critical information.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2022

As our social sector continues to become more data-driven, relevant, and responsive, we need better information on which we can all rely. Storytelling (aka mission advocacy): The form 990 is a very public way for nonprofits to tell their stories and one of the main sections in the profile. .

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Candid

MAY 16, 2024

Based on data from 59,550 public charities that shared demographic data between July 2019 and January 2024, 47% of all staff identify as white, 24% as Black/African American, 19% as Hispanic/Latino, 6% as Asian American/Pacific Islander, 1% as Native American, and 4% as multiracial. The post What to know about U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

DALLE , an image generation tool, Vision, an AI-driven image analysis tool, and Advanced Data Analysis provides the ability to upload a CSV file for AI to identify trends, create graphs, and generate reports. Additionally, nonprofits can create their own custom-trained GPT chatbot with their custom data.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 13, 2022

You can also exchange information with one of our team members for a chance to win a $50 amazon gift card--just to keep it fun. Multiple industries are represented at AIRS, including Housing and Homelessness, Aging and Disabilities, Crisis, Health Care, Public Health, and more.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is making a bold and public move to use Candid’s GuideStar profile and demographic survey to track data from grant applicants and recipients. I’d like to start by hearing why the Packard Foundation felt it needed to make a change in how it gathers data. Also, why do this now?

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. Data carry enormous potential. It's important that we don't confuse "data" for "information."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

By Meredith Gray , Head of Marketing at Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. It’s very important to thoroughly review and edit any responses generated by ChatGPT, particularly those that you plan to make public, such as website content.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

There are technology tools that can make information and data analytics accessible to everyone. Data management platforms are constantly improving their user-friendliness, flexibility, and reporting capacity. Promote data sharing across the organization, and reward people for effectively using new analytic tools.

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Byte Technology

MAY 4, 2016

Johnson signed into law the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a sweeping measure that suddenly allowed all American citizens access to public records that where previously out of reach to anyone but government employees. It may seem hard to imagine but it’s been 50 years since President Lyndon B.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

RT @ kanter what every #datanerd needs in their wardrobe – I Love Data T-shirt bit.ly/QlhMt4. The September, 2012 Issue of the NTEN Change Journal is pure crack for nonprofit #datanerds (folks who would definitely wear a t-shirt emblazoned with “I Love Data!” Mission Measurement (@MissionMeasure) September 5, 2012.

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TechImpact

JULY 31, 2014

That information has already been well disseminated, and understood. The truth is, there is so much innovation in the space, it can be difficult even for a well informed IT manager to quickly answer the question. What is a public cloud. As a result, public clouds are managed through external providers as opposed to in-house.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2024

As the largest source of nonprofit demographic data, at Candid we’re often asked whether this push has resulted in actual change. For this article, we use our archival demographic data to examine i whether there has been an increase in racial diversity among nonprofit leaders between 2020 and 2023. The answer is…yes and no.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In our eighth annual research report, Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2021: Data to Drive Decisions , developed in partnership with Candid , we dive into how philanthropy and other donors supported natural hazards, severe weather events and complex humanitarian emergencies in 2019. . Some of our key findings include: .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The Salesforce ecosystem is an intelligent receptacle of information where we input data, and, in turn, we get recommendations on ways to be more efficient and make our customers’ journeys more engaging. But what if we could move beyond that and use the power of connected data clouds to directly change lives?

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