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Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy

Candid

All this work would be significantly more difficult if it weren’t for Candid’s taxonomy, the Philanthropy Classification System (or PCS). A taxonomy is simply a system of classification, or a way of organizing things. This year, Candid is updating its taxonomy. program support, general support, advocacy); transaction type (e.g.,

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Auto Taxonomy Updates for Call Centers

VisionLink

We have released an updated version of our auto-update solution to ensure that the categories through which you manage your resource directory are aligned with the ever improving AIRS taxonomy. We were the first to support both the auto-update standard and the sixth level of the taxonomy. We were the first to support both the 2.07

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Who is sharing nonprofit demographic data with Candid? 

Candid

The subject area is based on the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE). iii Here, subject area is defined by the ten broad categories under the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities. Nonprofits are most likely to share data at the leader level and on gender and race/ethnicity.

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What’s the Risk of Starting a Nonprofit?

NonProfit Hub

Vermont is next, with a nonprofit for every 160 people, which doubles the national average of 320. A 2016 study showed that Washington D.C. had the most nonprofits per capita, with one nonprofit organization for every 86 inhabitants. In fact, it might be just the opposite. Which types of nonprofits are most successful?

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Great reads from around the web on July 18th

Amy Sample Ward

Today, I’ll start with a basic taxonomy of these trends, and unpack each one over time. Today, I’m launching a series on Mapping Trends in Philanthropy, to share what I am learning and invite a conversation with leaders in the field. " International Digital Youth Work Events, 20th-23rd Sep – What can you share? ."

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Fish Tale Has DNA Hook

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A few days earlier, I read an article where DNA-sampling of freshwater ponds can reveal the presence/absence of the invasive American bullfrogs even when normal monitoring techniques fail - this technique can even detect "ghosts" - species that have been but are no longer present!

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The Internet Gets Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. During her talk at GEO, Fulton made an interesting observation about this era.

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