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

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One of the most common reasons people analyze Candid’s grant data is to understand year-over-year giving trends in the sector. To do so, it’s easy to assume that the best place to start is with as much data as possible. Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000. What is the Foundation 1000? Pledges are excluded.

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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 data powers tools like Candid’s Foundation Directory , allowing users to see who’s giving what, where, and to whom.

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Data to support the relentless pursuit of racial equity 

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Based on Candid data processed as of October 2023, approximately 78,133 grants valued at $16.8 billion have been awarded to advance racial equity since 2020. My many years of experience collecting and analyzing data as an evaluator naturally lead me to ask: What has been the measurable impact of this important shift?

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

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At Candid, we love digging into social sector data , and we invite you to explore the many insights in this groundbreaking research. foundations steadily decreased their support of HBCUs, in terms of both percentage of total giving and grant dollars awarded. By comparison, funding to HBCUs averaged $61 million from 2015 through 2019.

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

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Overall foundation giving from 2021 to 2022 increased by 3% Among the 557 survey respondents who provided funding data for fiscal year end (FYE) 2021 and 2022, cumulative giving increased from $25.3 Rather, the 2023 change in giving more closely matches findings from survey data in pre-pandemic years. appeared first on Candid Blog.

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What counts as racial equity funding?  

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The result is a refreshed site that gives a more complete picture of past funding and allows for stronger comparisons over time. . We focused on two main goals in making this expanded data and information on Candid’s racial equity page freely available. Updating our definition of racial equity to a changing world .

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

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upon 12 data sources, t he report documented $30 billion in private, public, corporate, and individual disaster-related giving to address major disasters and humanitarian crises that affected millions globally in 2019. We invite you to dive into key findings from the report and explore granular data on our funding map. .