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

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funders, the donations from these 1,000 large foundations account for about 50-60% of the grants dollars Candid collects from U.S. 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.

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Community colleges: A critical access point to higher education

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They simply don't attract big donations in the way that more elite institutions do. Under Candid’s taxonomy , we track funds supporting “community college education,” which encompasses funding both to community colleges and to their foundations. Since 2008, private philanthropy in the U.S. has awarded over $3.5

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