Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

One of the most common reasons people analyze Candid’s grant data is to understand year-over-year giving trends in the sector. At Candid, we collect data on millions of grants and other transactions awarded by hundreds of thousands of funders across the globe. Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000.

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Analysis Foundation Trend Course 116

Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2017

Based on years of biannual report analysis, I find that annual budget, mission focus, and service area, in that order, have the most impact on an organization's grantseeking experience. The charts in these reports show the frequency of funding by source, such as private foundations, corporate giving programs, and local governments.

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Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

Our analysis provides an evidence base to understand and strengthen resourcing for social change. We are changing our analysis and shifting our practices to be fully accountable to racial justice movements. We use a population lens to ask whose rights a given grant aims to protect or advance.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

billion in grants specifically for “community college education,” according to Candid data. Under Candid’s taxonomy , we track funds supporting “community college education,” which encompasses funding both to community colleges and to their foundations. Their largest grant of $16.5 Since 2008, private philanthropy in the U.S.

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