Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Here we share four key insights from our recent analysis of Candid’s nonprofit demographic data and what they mean for the nonprofit sector today. The chart below compares the proportion of nonprofits by subject area overall (in blue) with that of the subset of nonprofits sharing demographic data (in orange). Source: Candid, 2023.

Demographics 80

Demographics Share Data Taxonomy 80

Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Much like a developing human, our data collections have gotten bigger over time (see chart below), undergone developmental changes, and experienced the associated growing pains. Data collection focused on the largest 800 funders nationally plus the top 25 grantmakers in each state and Washington, D.C., as measured by total giving.

Grant 77

Grant Data Pledge Analysis 77

Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2016

Every additional measure you track uses up precious staff time for collection, aggregation, and analysis. One national nonprofit I know had been working on putting together a measurement system for three years. By far the most common problem we see is that most organizations try to measure too much. Underutilizing What You Have.

Measure 36

Measure Government Track Australia 36