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A crash course on trends analysis using Candid’s Foundation 1000 data set 

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foundations in a given year (see chart below). Why we use the Foundation 1000 sets for trends analysis As illustrated in the chart above, the Foundation 1000s’ grantmaking is much more stable over time compared to the broader grant data set. private and community foundations. private and community foundations.

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Who is sharing nonprofit demographic data with Candid? 

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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.

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Making meaning of Candid’s free demographic data set 

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For example, the charts below (also included in the manual) illustrate how complete the data is across different staffing levels and demographic questions. As of October 2023 when this analysis was conducted, the total number of all responding organizations was 59,749.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

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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. Analysis tip : We still create these annual data sets. And this year, it enters full-fledged adulthood! government agencies ii.

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“Seeding by ceding”: What we know about the latest group of organizations funded by MacKenzie Scott

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Our analysis of Scott’s 2020 grants is available here.) . Because these recipients are not organizations with IRS 990 filings (from which we derive revenue data), they are not included in the graph above. . i] Comprehensive data about grantees was not available for every analysis. Analysis is based on grantees that are U.S.-based

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10 Important Features of Tableau

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The quality and accuracy of the datasets you’re working with increase when you present them in attractive graphs, charts, shapes, and plots. Tableau supports a wide range of data sources, including local files, spreadsheets, relational and non-relational databases, data warehouses, big data, and on-cloud data. Conclusion.

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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

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Scientist / Data Analysis Engineer / General Techie Want to help save the world with your code? We're Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group, and we're hiring right now ! This technology and analysis is used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations around the world.

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