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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap  

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tax-exempt organizations file annually, are a major source of data about nonprofits and foundation grantmaking in the United States. For one, busy and understaffed organizations are requesting filing extensions—the IRS expects roughly 762K tax-exempt extensions for fiscal year 2022. Case in point: 990 data. IRS Form 990s, which U.S.

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Who is sharing nonprofit demographic data with Candid? 

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The chart below compares the proportion of nonprofits by subject area overall (in blue) with that of the subset of nonprofits sharing demographic data (in orange). 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.

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Where are the 2019 (and 2020) 990s? On filling the gaps in Candid’s grants data

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There’s no universal date for filing 990s; instead, the end of an organization’s fiscal year determines when its 990 is due at the IRS. Add in six-month filing extensions and IRS processing time, and it can be two years before we receive all the returns for a specific year. A status update on filings.

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End-of-Year Wrap-Up: Three Things to Take Into Your 2024 Email Campaigns

M+R

05% of your file clicks through, but we’re still seeing these types of personal appeals prove to be extremely impactful. For a more robust data set and many, many, many charts, stay tuned for the upcoming 2024 M+R Benchmarks Study! Telling the story or your organization, connecting on an authentic, emotional level — that still matters.

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Five myths and misconceptions about Candid’s grant data

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tax exempt nonprofit organizations must file various Forms 990 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) each year. The chart below shows how the percentage of our data sources shift as more 990 data comes in. In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate.

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Happy New Year? It depends what nonprofit “year” you’re talking about.  

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The chart below shows the percentage of nonprofits that have fiscal years ending in each month. trillion 100 Note: Includes 501c3 public charities listed on the IRS Business Master file in December 2022 that file Forms 990 or 990EZ. The majority of nonprofits (64%) align their fiscal year with the calendar year. March 6,409 1.27

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

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foundations in a given year (see chart below). Why we use the Foundation 1000 sets for trends analysis As illustrated in the chart above, the Foundation 1000s’ grantmaking is much more stable over time compared to the broader grant data set. private and community foundations. private and community foundations. Pledges are excluded.

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