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

Candid

funders, the donations from these 1,000 large foundations account for about 50-60% of the grants dollars Candid collects from U.S. It does not include pledges, government funds, or donations from high-net-worth individuals or public charities (all of which are contained in our broader data set). private and community foundations.

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What’s the Risk of Starting a Nonprofit?

NonProfit Hub

Note, however, that this doesn’t determine the amount people donate in each state or the size of the organizations, but it does help indicate which states are charity-friendly, no matter the size. Here’s an interactive map that will tell you how many nonprofits your state has per person. Which types of nonprofits are most successful?

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Changes Coming to TechSoup

Tech Soup

On September 13, we will be unveiling more changes to our site — most notably, the donation request process has been updated. We’ll also start Phase 3 which will improve our registration process and implement a site-wide navigation, taxonomy, and design. Read more about the upcoming changes here.

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Keynote by George McCully at NTC Boston

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

"Anyone who donates to Harvard is an alumni or social climber." t have any moral obligation at all to donate, thank you very much. " He shared a visual diagram of his taxonomy of MA nonprofits that did with analyzing Form 990 information and google. For example, "I???m Most aren???t They don???t

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

Because both companies provide significant software donations to charities, this bodes well for nonprofits. The big news is that the new draft taxonomy is now live and online and open to public comment. Find out how to submit your comments in the Taxonomy Draft Review FAQ.

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NpTechTag Summary: Happy Thanksgiving and Geeky Gobble Gobble

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" The holiday season is also time to donate your time to a cause. The article offers some clear explanations of taxonomies and folksonomies, but goes on to give many reasons why you should dislike folksonomies. Democracy in Action give us a great list of " Six Outside the Stocking Ideas for Online Fundraising."

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Community colleges: A critical access point to higher education

Candid

They simply don't attract big donations in the way that more elite institutions do. Under Candid’s taxonomy , we track funds supporting “community college education,” which encompasses funding both to community colleges and to their foundations. Since 2008, private philanthropy in the U.S. has awarded over $3.5

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