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Philanthropy must prioritize elevating and including Black voices

Candid

In 2020, the philanthropic sector started conversations about how philanthropy can better support Black-led organizations and the Black community. According to the 2020 Smithsonian Magazine article, The Storied History of Giving in America , the practice of philanthropy can reflect and reinforce inequity.

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Foundations step up funding to bolster trust in local news 

Candid

In its first round of funding, announced in July 2023, it awarded grants to 35 organizations serving 45 countries to help fact-checking organizations scale or upgrade their online presence. Other funding initiatives to combat misinformation include the Global Fact Check Fund at the Poynter Institute.

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What Are You Really Asking? A Checklist for Grantmakers

sgEngage

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. If you want examples, ask for examples.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

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 But recovery can take years, and strategic disaster philanthropy requires taking the long view. .

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What counts as racial equity funding?  

Candid

Under PRE’s recommendation, we now define funding for racial equity as grantmaking explicitly awarded to benefit people of color broadly or explicitly awarded to organizations that serve these populations. Within the broader concept of racial equity, there is also philanthropy that promotes racial justice: grantmaking to address the?underlying

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Five myths and misconceptions about Candid’s grant data

Candid

Once Candid collects data from these sources, we clean, code, structure, and enhance the data to make it more accessible and useful. Notes: Limited to transactions awarded by U.S.-based For example, we correct errors in addresses, add geographic coding, and map pieces of information into a standardized format. based foundations.

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New Years Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals: 2023

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. In 2021, I was honored and very surprised to be awarded the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Lifetime Achievement Award.