Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate. Myth 1: “Candid grants data” is the same as “990 data.” These forms are a primary source of data about U.S. These forms are a primary source of data about U.S. foundations (e.g.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

When the Supreme Court gutted race-conscious admissions last summer and the American Alliance for Equal Rights followed with a lawsuit against the Fearless Fund, some in the philanthropic sector feared that demographic data had become a potential liability. They built a public API and released a public data set.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As more funders seek to use demographic data to inform their grantmaking decision-making, 125 partners have now joined the Demographics via Candid movement. Here I highlight their best practices for collecting this data from grantees, as well as what this information is helping foundations to achieve.

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Candid

MARCH 21, 2024

At first glance, it would be easy to put a gloomy headline on the Council on Foundations ’ most recent CF Insights field survey tracking trends in community foundations’ 2022 asset growth, giving, and the activity of donor-advised funds (DAFs). Still, at $112.7 billion, total assets in 2022 were well above 2020 totals.

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Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Forward-looking nonprofit organizations know that leveraging data is key to determining where a community’s unmet needs are, securing resources to address those needs, and advocating for more effective policies. Individual donors and foundations increasingly view data “ as the fuel for innovation and social change.”

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Candid

JULY 19, 2023

With these challenges at play, how did inflation affect foundation giving decisions in 2022 and beyond? Last month, Candid published results from the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, an annual survey of large U.S. private and community foundations. Here’s what we found. We added 8% to each grant award.”

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Candid

JUNE 29, 2023

private and community foundations to understand recent grantmaking trends and forecast where giving is headed. The Foundation Giving Forecast Survey provides timely estimates and helps inform the Giving USA annual report on philanthropy. Source: Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, 2017–2023. How did these factors affect U.S.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

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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Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Funding an organization’s mission rather than a specific project or purpose, this unrestricted financial support provides vital flexibility for nonprofits to approach their work as they best see fit. In the wake of COVID-19 and movements for racial equity, foundations also committed to making grants as unrestricted and flexible as possible.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Unfortunately, social sector data has also been impacted. Staff working long hours responding to multiple crises have little time and energy for data collection and dissemination. This creates a data/crisis catch-22: While it’s important to have recent data when managing a crisis, it’s also harder to get. foundations.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. This data powers tools like Candid’s Foundation Directory , allowing users to see who’s giving what, where, and to whom.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This shift was marked by commitments of increased funding, greater flexibility in grantmaking practices, and a focus on social and economic systems transformation. Based on Candid data processed as of October 2023, approximately 78,133 grants valued at $16.8 of philanthropic funding going to support AAPI communities.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2022

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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Candid

JANUARY 5, 2023

If you’ve been waiting for an invitation to the data conversation, this is it. Whether you’re a nonprofit, funder, or a consortium of both, fundamental questions are surfacing about social sector data that merit your attention. Is social sector data a type of public good? We’ve already unlocked all 2.8

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Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

The concept of “dirty data” and how to approach it can be daunting. Simply put, dirty data is data that is inaccurate, incomplete, inconsistent, duplicative, or outdated. At Association Analytics, we sometimes hear concerns about data quality in the context of associations starting their journey into analytics.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

Any major project—such as implementing new fund accounting software—needs a well-developed charter to keep stakeholders focused on the goals and desired outcome. Give your project an easily identifiable name, such as Fund Accounting Software Implementation. What is a Project Charter? Goals and Metrics What does success look like?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In grantmaking, one word makes more eyes glaze over than any other – data. With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Why and how Candid updated our racial equity funding site . The nationwide racial reckoning triggered by the 2020 murder of George Floyd has resulted in a dramatic increase in funding for racial equity. The result is a refreshed site that gives a more complete picture of past funding and allows for stronger comparisons over time.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

Who is funding them, and what activities do donors support? As the largest source of data on philanthropic and nonprofit organizations, Candid fields many of these questions. . It takes more than two years to collect comprehensive data about U.S. foundations’ giving.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

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.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Now with over 100 partners , and nearly 60,000 organizations sharing data, the Demographics via Candid campaign is going strong. In the process, we have noticed there are some common concerns and barriers that tend to come up on the road to better demographic data.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In the past, many foundations viewed collaboration as a speed bump. But at a time when many foundations are looking for creative ways to address the overlapping crises of COVID-19, racial injustice, and climate change, they are viewing collaboration much differently. When foundations collaborate, the benefits are clear.

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sgEngage

JUNE 16, 2022

Without clear insight into the available funds earmarked for charitable arms of larger organizations, it’s difficult to see the complete picture of their financial standing. The Problem with Managing Donor Restricted Funds. Similarly, the details about these restricted funds are held within the parent organization’s finance team.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Inequitable access to funding in the social sector remains a persistent problem, negatively impacting our collective ability to do good. Recent data from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) drives this point home. Currently, over 80,000 organizations have earned a Seal, and over 34,000 have provided demographic data. .

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants tips on how to connect with and cultivate Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) donors: Dear Charity Clairity, My boss thinks we should get more funding through DAFs. First, let’s look at some data to debunk the anonymity myth. of those gifts were given anonymously.

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Candid

JULY 11, 2023

In an attempt to alleviate historical injustices, many foundations established grant programs for BIPOC-led organizations. Demographic data can help funders advance equity both through identifying BIPOC-led grantees, and through assessing their current funding gaps and biases. Center relationships.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

Work with your team to review and document each of your funding programs, including the number of grantees, timelines, and applications for each. Make sure you have consistent communication processes for both declined funding requests as well as grantees. Include who is involved in those application reviews and how decisions are made.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

said Cory Howat, Executive Director of the Catholic Community Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. “We However, raising funds for these organizations can present unique challenges. However, raising funds for these organizations can present unique challenges. This also means data is king.

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Candid

MAY 12, 2021

This gap is notable because IRS 990 filings are a substantial source of data about nonprofits and foundation grantmaking in the U.S. At Candid, grants data from 990s flows into tools such as Foundation Directory , public dashboards that provide insights into philanthropy in different regions across the U.S.,

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Along the way, it’s key to track and analyze your campaign’s performance data. The funding spent acquiring donors can result in fast growth, but it also holds more risk by not offsetting the acquisition cost until new donors give again. Donor data is the foundation of any successful acquisition strategy.

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Candid

JUNE 29, 2021

Every year, Candid conducts the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, asking large U.S. foundations to share information about their philanthropic giving over the last two years as well as their plans for the year ahead. This year, we were especially interested in learning how foundation giving and payout might have shifted in 2020. .

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. We’ll cover: What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is making a bold and public move to use Candid’s GuideStar profile and demographic survey to track data from grant applicants and recipients. Brad: Nancy, what a pleasure to talk with you today about this groundbreaking partnership between the Packard Foundation and Candid.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Instead of generating a profit that can be disbursed to shareholders or reinvested in the business, nonprofits funnel their revenue into things like research funding, program expenses, outreach, and work that directly impacts their mission. Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2023

For every $100 foundations give to an Ivy League school, how many dollars do you think foundations give to a historically Black college and university (HBCU)? In fact, for every $100 foundations gave to the average Ivy League, they gave 56 cents to the average HBCU. HBCUs have long played a pivotal role in the United States.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

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.

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