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Making meaning of Candid’s free demographic data set 

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Today, Candid released our latest research manual, Analyzing Candid’s demographic data. nonprofits currently share some demographic data about their staff and board with Candid. As a result of our Demographics via Candid efforts, this number has increased significantly over the past two years. Over 62,000 U.S. For example, U.S.

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New courses address barriers to demographic data collection 

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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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Who is sharing nonprofit demographic data with Candid? 

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Since 2014, Candid has been collecting demographic data about the people who work at U.S. nonprofits through Candid’s nonprofit profiles. i We anticipate a steady increase in organizations sharing demographic information as a result of our recently launched Demographics via Candid campaign. Source: Candid, 2023.

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Demographics via Candid: A data-driven approach to encourage equitable funding practices

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By better understanding the demographic profile of those organizations that are—and are not—receiving funding, we can more closely track if they are representative of the communities they serve and whether they are getting the support they need to deliver on their missions. Introducing Demographics via Candid.

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What’s trending? Top subject searches in Candid nonprofit profiles 

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Have you ever wondered what the funders, donor advisors, and other industry professionals who use Candid nonprofit profiles are searching for? Candid users conduct more than 100,000 searches of nonprofit profiles on average each month, most commonly by keyword, subject area, and geography.

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What it takes to be more data driven

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The Center embarked on this journey first by looking up their own Candid Profile on GuideStar to go through the steps to update it to see exactly what they’d be asking their members to do, how long it took, and how difficult it was. An updated Candid Profile checks all those boxes. . Turns out, it was a very reasonable process. .

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The 990s are here. Why that’s a big deal and what happens now

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tax-exempt organizations are requested to file Forms 990 with the IRS annually, sharing information about their organization’s size, location, revenue, grantmaking, etc. Candid uses 990 data as a starting place for our nonprofit profiles and grantmaking databases. Today we have over 800k filings for those years.

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