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Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

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All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. While nonprofits will hopefully see an increase in unrestricted funds—and a decrease in burdensome reporting requirements—as part of this and other movements, good nonprofit accounting principles still apply. What Are Restricted Funds? What are Unrestricted Funds?

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7 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Build a Strong Financial Foundation in 2024

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From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Here are seven ways your team can make sure your nonprofit has a strong financial foundation this year. Do they give you the information you need?

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

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Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000. What is the Foundation 1000? In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. private and community foundations. i Even though the Foundation 1000 makes up only about 1% of U.S.

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Explore funding for U.S. democracy with our free data tool

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Our Foundation Funding for U.S. The website is a publicly available, interactive resource that showcases how funding flows for U.S. If you’re a funder, check out our video on how you can use the website to identify potential grantees and see which nonprofits your peers are funding and supporting.

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Topping the charts in 2022: The 10 most-read Candid blogs 

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Topping the charts of most-read Candid blogs of 2022: the overhead myth. He also urges nonprofits and funders alike to strive for greater funding transparency and to engage in trust-based philanthropy. If tapping into more corporate funding and support is one of your New Year’s resolutions, this blog is for you. by Sarah Willey.

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Ultimate Guide to the Community Services Recovery Fund

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The Government of Canada has rallied behind nonprofits with its historic Community Services Recovery Fund. Sign up for Community Services Recovery Fund tips and updates: We will be launching free resources to help with the application process in the coming days and weeks. Applications are due on February 21, 2023.

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7 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Build a Strong Financial Foundation in 2023

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From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Here are seven ways your team can make sure your nonprofit has a strong financial foundation this year.