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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

For a more “apples to apples” funding comparison, we also examined foundation funding to higher education institutions with similar attributes to HBCUs along five key dimensions: size, geographic region, institution type, locale, and specialization. By comparison, funding to HBCUs averaged $61 million from 2015 through 2019.

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Who is sharing nonprofit demographic data with Candid? 

Candid

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. iv In comparison, the sharing rate for all other staffing levels is below 60%. Source: Candid, 2023. Source: Candid, 2023.

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

Candid

2013-2014 – Tweens A decade in, the importance of consistent year-over-year comparisons grew. Specifically, in 2020, we ramped up efforts to identify, verify, and ingest very recent grants from news sources and other websites rather than simply waiting for the IRS to release Form 990 filings.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

We reflected. Even a quick scan of the form fields above will reveal that much of this information is available from any public repository of 990 forms filed annually by US nonprofits. Self-examination was the zeitgeist of philanthropy in 2021. We adapted. Total Number of Paid Staff. Total Number of Staff Hours. Research funding.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In comparison, 10 years ago, these managers spent “only” 60 to 65 per cent of their time engaged in those activities. . You probably use cloud software to backup your files and share them with others on your team. Reflect on the past six months or the past year as a team. PRIORITIES. Are there competing priorities?

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12 Ways We Made our Santa Cruz Collects Exhibition Participatory

Museum 2.0

The content focuses on the question of WHY we collect and how our collections reflect our individual and community identities. We have a rule that every prototype must be used to answer a specific question we can act on, whether that's an A/B comparison, figuring out what's confusing, etc. Memory Jars installation.

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Guest Post by Alan Levine: Social Media Recap from NMC 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The key on Pathable is that we can ask them questions that they respond to with tags to describe themselves or interest: This creates some interesting effects- you can find other people with common interests based on tags, and Pathable does a tag comparison to suggest other people you may want to get to know during the conference.