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

Candid

One of the most common reasons people analyze Candid’s grant data is to understand year-over-year giving trends in the sector. So, you may be surprised to learn that when we do trends analyses at Candid, we often don’t start with our full data set. private and community foundations. private and community foundations.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. However, this type of community giving (known as Harambee in Kiswahili) usually goes towards individuals rather than organisations, common examples include medical bills, funeral costs & weddings.

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

Big philanthropy’s support of HBCUs declined from 2002 to 2019 An examination of trends in philanthropic giving to HBCUs underscores a history of underfunding. Even by this comparison, HBCUs were underfunded: The average HBCU received about two-thirds of what philanthropy paid out to similarly situated institutions. In fact, large U.S.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

private and community foundations. 2013-2014 – Tweens A decade in, the importance of consistent year-over-year comparisons grew. And we would narrow the focus to 1,000 of the largest private and community foundations. Today, we refer to it as the “Foundation 1000”, and it is often used to look at historical grantmaking trends.

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Foundation giving and payout: what changed in 2021?

Candid

private and community foundations to understand recent giving trends and forecast where giving is headed. [ 1 ] This year, we asked funders about their giving in FYE (fiscal year end) 2020 and 2021, including funding designated for COVID-19 [ 2 ] and what trends they are paying attention to this year.

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

Candid

private and community foundations to understand recent grantmaking trends and forecast where giving is headed. Corporate foundations saw greater increases than independent and community foundations Examining giving by foundation type, corporate foundations demonstrated the largest proportionate increase (nearly 12%) in grant dollars.

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Report Release: The 2011 NTEN Community Survey Report

NTEN

> Download the 2011 NTEN Community Survey Report. In May of 2011 we circulated the link to the online survey to the NTEN Community via direct email and announcements in our community channels, including our blog, NTEN Discuss email list, our Facebook page, and our Twitter network. We received responses from 1,070 individuals.

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