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Nonprofit Fundraising: Are You Choosing the Right Grants?

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Tips for reviewing your nonprofit’s grant prospects. One of the questions I’m often asked is: “How do I find grants?” But I don’t hear the more important question: “How do I know the grant is right for me?” As many nonprofits are probably aware, multiple sources offer grant funds. How do I find them?

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Five myths and misconceptions about Candid’s grant data

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In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate. Myth 1: “Candid grants data” is the same as “990 data.” institutional grantmaking and provide the starting place and scaffolding for Candid’s grants data. Notes: Limited to transactions awarded by U.S.-based

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10 Tips for Better Grant Management Processes

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While grant funding may not require the continual stewardship efforts and nurturing of traditional donor-led funding, it often presents its own challenges: extensive reporting mandates, a list of requirements to qualify for funding, and the possibility of mission creep to meet those requirements. Focus on the why. Seek clarity.

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How to Streamline Your Grant Management Process with Technology

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To avoid overwhelming your team, standardize how you receive and process grant applications at your organization. Having a predictable and consistent grant cycle will ensure your team members are able to evaluate each request efficiently and effectively. Teams can even build statuses that are specific to grant types.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

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Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. This typically resulted in about 900-1,300 funders represented and 100-150k grants collected in a given year.

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Survival in the New Age of Successful Grant Management

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Successful grant management for your nonprofit, foundation, or federal grant recipient depends on doing the small tasks well, such as internal controls and risk management, while also understanding what opportunities (and threats) are ahead. Three Best Practices for Successful Grant Management.

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Foundation giving and payout in 2022: What changed and what’s next?

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This 3% increase in grant dollars is much lower than the 12% annual increase in 2021 and 24% increase in 2020 (all figures are unadjusted for inflation). Rather, the 2023 change in giving more closely matches findings from survey data in pre-pandemic years. The median foundation awarded 4% more grant dollars. (We