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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

The new report, based on both quantitative and qualitative research, is the most comprehensive analysis of institutional philanthropy to HBCUs. Even by this comparison, HBCUs were underfunded: The average HBCU received about two-thirds of what philanthropy paid out to similarly situated institutions.

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

Candid

private and community foundations. as measured by total giving. 2013-2014 – Tweens A decade in, the importance of consistent year-over-year comparisons grew. And we would narrow the focus to 1,000 of the largest private and community foundations. Analysis tip : We still create these annual data sets.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

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. We’ve included their recommendations below, along with examples from the 2019 analysis of donors who use these tactics. . In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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

Candid

Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent). Collaborative Partnerships and Community Support (5 percent). You can find Robinson's scripts used in this analysis here. Miscellaneous (3 percent). Alternative Supports (<1 percent).

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Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman. In order to know how to measure crowdsourcing results, you first need to understand what kind of crowdsourcing you’re implementing. Measuring Work.

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The 990: From Compliance to Communication 

sgEngage

Once consumed, the data can be used to build statistical analyses , make comparisons, and draw conclusions, all without ever needing to speak with anyone from the foundation. In 2010, the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC) released a study defining the disparities facing communities of color in Portland.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Making apples-to-apples comparisons of these systems was one of the most difficult analytical tasks I’ve taken on in a while (and, actually much of the heavy lifting of designing the analysis was done by Laura Quinn), and until you attempt such a thing, please be somewhat tempered in your complaints about it.

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