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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

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Confirmation bias is the tendency to place the greatest value on information that supports your pre-existing beliefs. Anchoring bias makes people rely too heavily on the first bit of information they receive. But when the stakes are high, data is the knife that cuts through preconceptions to uncover the objective truth.

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

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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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Top Ten Data Challenges (And Solutions) for Associations

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But when it comes to a troubling relationship with your data, can you turn to those same people? If you’re struggling to find someone to share your data woes with, we’re here to help you decipher the signs and get you back on track. Older models tended to be AMS-centric, leading to siloed data, static reports, and that trapped feeling.

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Are you getting the most out of your retention data?

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But are you truly leveraging that information? Analyzing this data is challenging as it typically resides in multiple systems (e.g. Analyzing this data is challenging as it typically resides in multiple systems (e.g. Additionally, this data can help you justify additional investment in your community.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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In grantmaking, one word makes more eyes glaze over than any other – data. With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge.

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Four Steps to Align Data with Your Mission and Goals

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Data provides actionable insights and can give associations a navigable path to make better informed business decisions. And yet, the ability to use data to serve your association’s mission has never been more important and timely. Developing a SMART goal is seldom complex from a data standpoint. Engage in Analysis.

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Making meaning of Candid’s free demographic data set 

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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.