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

Candid

It does not include pledges, government funds, or donations from high-net-worth individuals or public charities (all of which are contained in our broader data set). ii Finally, we “freeze” the Foundation 1000 annual sets (however, significant changes to our data or taxonomy periodically require us to update these static data sets.)

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What’s the Risk of Starting a Nonprofit?

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Plus, some organizations may be inactive temporarily, but eventually find funding and are able to start back up again. The state with the fewest charities per person is Utah, with one for every 546 people; Nevada, Mississippi, Arizona and South Carolina also make up the bottom five. In fact, it might be just the opposite.

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Keynote by George McCully at NTC Boston

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The theme of NTC Boston2005 was "Enabling Technology Funding: Issues for Grantmakers and Grantseekers." " He shared a visual diagram of his taxonomy of MA nonprofits that did with analyzing Form 990 information and google. (Note: My collection of vlog and blog posts on the NTC Boston 2005 can be found here ).

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Community colleges: A critical access point to higher education

Candid

Most colleges and universities, including community colleges, fall under the category of 501(c)(3) public charities within the U.S. They generate revenue through tuition, fees, and federal funds; and like other nonprofits, they also rely on charitable gifts to operate. . Philanthropic funding to community colleges .

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