Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

This partnership meets a community need to apply an intersectional lens to data analysis and enables funders and nonprofits to gain insight into disparities masked by aggregated data. I encourage all data platforms to follow Candid’s lead in structuring data in a way that allows for robust intersectional reporting and analysis.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Today, we’re introducing our first Salesforce.org Impact Labs cohort on zero hunger and their work on U.S Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. How might we inspire funders to work toward long-range impact? Food Insecurity.

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Candid

JULY 22, 2021

Her third round of grants in less than a year, Scott wrote that grant recipients were “286 high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked.” Our analysis of Scott’s 2020 grants is available here.) . billion to philanthropic entities. Organizational size . Transparency

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Candid

MARCH 13, 2024

Candid’s Insights team seeks to leverage the data we collect to increase knowledge about the scope, equity, economics, and impact of the social sector. Additionally, we formed an external expert advisory group to help guide our efforts—including Black scholars from academia, grassroots nonprofits, philanthropy, and leadership development.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 23, 2022

Empowerment is the greatest form of impact. It’s one of the most effective ways for companies to achieve social impact goals. Here are some highlights from the past year that show the impact of pro bono volunteering on its many stakeholders. ” – Business Analysis Manager, Salesforce, post-project employee survey.

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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. Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. Those who find it fun are called nerds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

I was honored to be invited to cover this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum , a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. I went to cover one session, “ Building An Information Infrastructure: Unlocking Data for Philanthropy.” gpf13 #philanthropy. Notes from Session.

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Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

Imagine a world in which philanthropy professionals are focused on improving their practices to transform philanthropy through centering communities, lightening the burden on nonprofit organizations, and holding themselves accountable to their values. Candid helps us to be transparent and accountable to our community,” Dickenson said.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Self-examination was the zeitgeist of philanthropy in 2021. This waste adds to the overhead for a nonprofit, distracting from the impact sought by their mission and adding to their unfunded operational costs. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. How has COVID-19 Impacted Your Work (<1 percent). We adapted.

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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 CDP has several recommendations to help funders maximize their philanthropic impact. In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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Candid

JULY 5, 2022

Here are some highlights from what we learned, followed by more in-depth analysis: . We also asked funders to share what trends, in or beyond philanthropy and the social sector, they are paying attention to. Paying attention to concerns about the impact of COVID on mental health of children” . Disaster fund preparedness.” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies. Highlights from Microsoft’s Nonprofit Sector Research on AI Devi kicked off by sharing a sentiment analysis from a recent survey of nonprofit leaders that fall into one of two different perceptions: comfort and concern.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Here we share four key insights from our recent analysis of Candid’s nonprofit demographic data and what they mean for the nonprofit sector today. Analysis is limited to 501(c)(3) public charities that filed at least one Form 900 or Form 990-EZ between 2017-2021 and had at least $50,000 in annual expenses. Source: Candid, 2023.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2022

The COVID-19 crisis has shined a spotlight on the value of philanthropy and, for this reason, many foundation representatives believe society at large will expect philanthropy to address global distress in the future. The goal is not only to alleviate immediate needs but also to be a catalyst for a more equitable and just future.

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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. These bi-weekly or monthly sessions can lead to collaborations. .

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Classy

JUNE 23, 2021

When your work changes the world daily, your nonprofit board should see just how impactful it is. 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.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Data reported to date show that global corporate, individual, private, public, and multilateral funding in response to major disasters and humanitarian crises declined significantly in 2019, from $76 billion in 2018 to nearly $30 billion, an analysis by Candid and Center for Disaster Philanthropy finds. November 9, 2021.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In our data analysis, we included all reported GOS figures, regardless of the additional comments. Nonprofit leaders say that GOS grants have the most impact on strengthening their organizations. This analysis, however, is based on each surveyed foundation’s estimate of GOS dollars as a proportion of their total grant dollars.

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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. With these developments come patterns that impact the philanthropic landscape. Employee Giving Is On The Rise.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask.

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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. Johnson Center provides insights into the impacts this scale of data is making, and the challenges it is creating. What kinds of use cases are there?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Aly Sterling Philanthropy. Aly Sterling Philanthropy is a partnership-driven consulting firm powering fundraising, strategic planning, and board leadership solutions for the well-positioned nonprofit. Made of a team of dedicated impact consultants, Changing Our World, Inc. The Phoenix Philanthropy Group. Website: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We started off with an affinity clustering of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improving their organization’s practice of measuring impact and communicating about it.

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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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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2022

Software to help measure impact: In order to provide the reporting and trends data to stakeholders, today’s nonprofit needs more than just Excel to manage data and identify insights. You can’t ask organizations to deliver data when they don’t have the infrastructure to do it and you’re not funding it,” Rachel said.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 5, 2022

A good fundraising plan should start with an analysis of development activities, either a formal audit or an informal survey of the current state of your program. Just when we thought we were out of the woods, new strains and variants of the COVID virus have sent many fundraisers scrambling, again.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Stakeholders should be asking how do we identify effective practices throughout the organization and how do we improve organizational effectiveness to achieve greater impact? What is considered effective should advance the organizations mission and goals to achieve greater impact. Fourth, implement and promote effective practices.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

As nonprofit professionals, we all want to impact the greatest possible number with our work. For nonprofits seeking to expand their programs, careful analysis of self and environment are crucial. What type of impact is the program making, and is it one that can be most effectively increased by scaling up this individual program?

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Recently, the Chronicle of Philanthropy asked on its front page “ Is Raising Visibility a Waste of Time? How will the windfall impact the fundraising operations and best practices of the ALSA in order to drive greater fundraising success in years to come? It is time for data mining, data analysis, data science.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

How has this impacted individual giving to NGOs in Mexico? Under 45 and giving micro-amounts is pretty much matching with our own analysis, but at Donadora we don’t measure political views of our community, so I can’t answer on this point. 1) Access to the internet in Mexico has grown very rapidly over the last decade.

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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. Technology is a catalyst for data, analysis, scalability, effectiveness and efficiency. Not always.

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

Aly Sterling Philanthropy. Aly Sterling Philanthropy is a partnership-driven consulting firm powering fundraising, strategic planning, and board leadership solutions for the well-positioned nonprofit. Made of a team of dedicated impact consultants, Changing Our World, Inc. The Phoenix Philanthropy Group. Website: [link].

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Let’s talk about impact. . 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. This blog post was written with contributions from Michelle DiSabato, Impact Advisory Consultant .

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In 2018 analysis by Ben Gose , a reported 57% of nonprofits doubted their ability to continue meeting demand, motiving many nonprofit leaders to consider collaboration with other nonprofits and across sector lines in order to increase organizational capacity. Measure and share impact. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

What are your organization’s long-term strategic goals and how does philanthropy support those? . The pandemic also propelled many to reexamine their values and aligned causes, driving in many cases towards their active philanthropy. Plus, with disciplined tracking and analysis, you’ll be a more effective and efficient team. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

They take their knowledge and use it to help nonprofits and schools build their organizational resilience while amplifying their impact. Skills-based volunteerism is becoming a much more widely recognized need, and we’re often seeing the sustained impact on an organization can be greater.

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