sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Philanthropy loves “new” things. Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. A History of Knowledge Work in Philanthropy Knowledge building and philanthropy have a long past.

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Candid

MARCH 13, 2024

We knew we couldn’t do this research alone and have been thrilled to partner with ABFE —an organization with 50-plus years of organizing, advocating, and strategizing on behalf of Black people inside and outside philanthropy. In May 2023, we released Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Analysis tip : We still create these annual data sets. Around this time, we also introduced the Philanthropy Classification System —a detailed coding system that provided more nuanced ways to explore this larger data set. And we would narrow the focus to 1,000 of the largest private and community foundations.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2023

Foundation funding for workers’ rights i. Instead, they rely on the same kinds of funding streams as traditional community-based nonprofits: individual donations, volunteers, and support from institutional philanthropy. Funding to workers’ rights organizations increased since the 2008 financial crisis. million to $35.6

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

Who is funding them, and what activities do donors support? To help the sector understand the emerging funding picture, Candid prioritizes collecting current, “real-time” data. For grant seekers, the data shows who’s providing funds to address a crisis. With breaking news, it takes time for the full picture to emerge.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

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. philanthropy,?analyzing?funding funding from foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors, the U.S. In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2022

Founded in 1971, ABFE has organized, advocated, and strategized on behalf of Black people inside and outside philanthropy. This project will leverage Candid’s unique database, including demographic information about organizations’ current CEO/executive director(s), board, and staff and data on funding and resources. Stay tuned .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Self-examination was the zeitgeist of philanthropy in 2021. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Requested Grant Funding Related (20 percent). Over the past two years, philanthropy has asked important questions about equitable access—access to adequate funding, access to digital tools, access to power.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Funding an organization’s mission rather than a specific project or purpose, this unrestricted financial support provides vital flexibility for nonprofits to approach their work as they best see fit. Overall, however, GOS funding remained relatively stable from 2021 to 2022. In 2021, this figure was nearly the same, 89%).

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2022

According to Candid’s Philanthropy Classification System , there are over 318K religion-focused 501(c)(3)s and over 302K human services 501(c)(3)s (making up 18% and 17% of public charities, respectively). [1] About 22% of foundations’ grant dollars go to funding general operating support, totaling $12.8 billion in funding.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2022

1 ] This year, we asked funders about their giving in FYE (fiscal year end) 2020 and 2021, including funding designated for COVID-19 [ 2 ] and what trends they are paying attention to this year. Here are some highlights from what we learned, followed by more in-depth analysis: . Disaster fund preparedness.” .

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2021

Foundation funding trends for AAPI communities. To interpret the current philanthropic response to anti-Asian hate, it is helpful to first understand philanthropic funding for AAPI communities over time. percent of annual funding explicitly focused on AAPI populations. percent of foundation funding for decades.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2022

It runs throughout the organization, and grantmakers must account for it in their funding opportunities. Grantmakers need to recognize the importance of funding both the projects and the technology required to support, measure, and grow those projects. Sometimes that requires a pivot, despite the funding parameters.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended philanthropy. At Candid, we’ve been tracking philanthropy’s response. As we review the latest data for 2020, though, we’ve realized that we have little chance of ever fully understanding philanthropy’s response to one of the most serious global crises of our lifetimes. .

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The Resource Gap in Rural Funding. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations. The nonprofit Bridgespan Group did a special post-recession report on overcoming the resource gap in rural funding. Just for Libraries.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Exponent Philanthropy members are demonstrating ways to partner light to amplify their impact. . According to Exponent Philanthropy’s 2022 Foundation Operations and Management Report , sixty percent of our members collaborate with other funders. 4) Comparing Current Funding to Community Needs to Identify Gaps .

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Candid

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Climate finance partnership to fund community-led forest conservation. Foundations, charities report $352 million in 2019 disaster funding. A weekly update with the latest news from PND. November 11, 2021. November 11, 2021. Memorial Sloan Kettering receives $50 million.

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New York City Disaster Cancer Conservancy 52

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I’m quite excited to participate in The Power of Information: New Technologies for Philanthropy and Development Conference in London, UK, put on by Indigo Trust , Institute for Philanthropy and the Omidyar Network. Look to fund projects, not products. Debunking Myths About Funding Tech Innovation. Not always.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2022

In the meantime, individuals, governments, and private philanthropy fund relief on the ground, trying to keep up with displacement and need on a massive scale. This, and the analysis in the tables that follow, focuses solely on grants made in response to the crisis. Details about data on funding for Ukraine humanitarian relief.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Here at Candid, we’ve been tracking those statistics for the last 12 years as part of our GlassPockets initiative to champion greater transparency in philanthropy. Who’s Funding What and Where, and Who Benefits? Only 10% of philanthropic foundations have a website to communicate their work. A recent report from the Dorothy A.

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Communication Oregon Grant Portland 84

Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

While this blog is largely focused on new developments in unions’ engagement with philanthropy, it is important to acknowledge that unions have long encouraged their members to be engaged in the community. Trends in unions’ engagement with philanthropy. One such initiative is the Labor Innovations for the 21st Century (LIFT) Fund.

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Classy

JUNE 23, 2021

The State of Modern Philanthropy 2021 deep dives into the latest fundraising data and actionable takeaways based on the performance of over 4,800 nonprofits. . Download Now: The State of Modern Philanthropy 2021. Take it to the Next Level With a Personalized Fundraising Analysis. NONPROFIT BOARD PRIORITY: Advance the mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Our government is discussing providing free wifi throughout in Mexico City which is a very good sign for crowdfunding and even better for NGOs funding. Our government is discussing providing free wifi throughout in Mexico City which is a very good sign for crowdfunding and even better for NGOs funding.

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Candid

JULY 1, 2021

Based on our analysis, the answer is, it's (currently) impossible to know —but it’s important to get right. . Yet a closer look at th is funding shows that pledges — particularly those from corporate funders — account for nearly three-quarters of the dollars we’ve tracked. billion dollars. billion dollars. 3] .

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

This week the revolutionary data driven philanthropy of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation is featured and a call for beneficiary inclusion in Markets for Good goes out. Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered. Data and Philanthropy. Data Philanthropy: Where are we now.

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Africa Data Philanthropy Giving 47

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Like other areas of disaster philanthropy we’ve explored, how you measure the outcomes of the contributions your organization has made greatly depends on the timing of such funding or donations. Funds were distributed immediately, without the consideration of specific outputs required to address specific needs. Absolutely.

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Disaster Puerto Rico Philanthropy Measure 20

Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the world of philanthropy, the coming year promises innovative corporate giving trends that can benefit both nonprofit fundraisers seeking support and corporations eager to make a meaningful societal impact. Let’s take a look at eight top corporate philanthropy trends you’ll want to know. Employee Giving Is On The Rise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” A starting point for envisioning a future state in which data is the ‘GPS of philanthropy.’ Explores the ecosystem of data for social problem solving and the role philanthropy can play. Do you need sentiment analysis?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

These are some of the questions that Alexa Cortes Culwell and I set out to answer in our new report, The Giving Code: Silicon Valley Nonprofits and Philanthropy. Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, it reflects a year of research and analysis, including conversations with 300+ community stakeholders. billion to $4.8

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

There was an important lesson in an April article at The Chronicle of Philanthropy about the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s decision to stop funding efforts to get donors to make better data-driven decisions. Rather, outcome or program related metrics represent only HALF of the data in a donor relationship equation.

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Attention Data Donor Retention 157

Classy

JUNE 2, 2021

Through our analysis of nonprofit trends, we found seven key steps that successful nonprofits leverage to raise funds for their missions. . Combining individual gifts for a matching fund. 7 Fundraising Actions Taken by Successful Nonprofits. A successful nonprofit dedicates time early on to master the details.

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sgEngage

APRIL 3, 2023

Passive fundraisers are a great way to supplement the funds you raise from events and campaigns. Panera Bread, Chipotle, and Panda Express are just three of the many chain restaurants that support nonprofits through their corporate philanthropy programs. Apply to partner with a large restaurant chain. Happy fundraising!

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FAQ Ideas Fundraising Nonprofit 70

NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2012

What are the types of funding and capacity building that philanthropy should support to make this happen? The result is a shift from ad hoc data analysis and simple (though detailed) record-keeping to a systematic approach to improving their programs and campaigns by using data. Beth Kanter. Beth's Blog.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Check out these sessions during the conference or on-demand after they air: Philanthropy Through Recession: How Savvy Organizations Build a Strategy for Resiliency. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT ®—a complete fund accounting software solution with unparalleled reporting, budgeting, and analysis tools.

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Culture Arts Virtual Guide 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The group’s leader is Martin Brookes , a British economist at a hedge fund, who got the idea after a phone call. ” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. But a British outfit called Pro Bono Economics is giving away its services. “A big U.K.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Chief Philanthropy Officer. Vice Chairman, Philanthropy. Chief Philanthropy Officer. Currently serves on various funding and advisory boards, including World Benchmarking Alliance, and has recently been elected president of the American Evaluation Association for 2022 . Gabriella Morris. World Food Program USA.

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