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

Candid

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). ii Finally, we “freeze” the Foundation 1000 annual sets (however, significant changes to our data or taxonomy periodically require us to update these static data sets.)

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What’s the Risk of Starting a Nonprofit?

NonProfit Hub

Plus, some organizations may be inactive temporarily, but eventually find funding and are able to start back up again. In an IRS study of “nonfilers,” around 16 percent of nonprofits that filed their 990s from 2000 to 2005 did not re-file in 2005. Where are nonprofits most successful? A 2016 study showed that Washington D.C.

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What is the scaffolding for learning in public?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The TCC Group is facilitating a “learn in public&# process by sharing early research findings related to 1300 capacity building grants. There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning.

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Report Back from the Do Good Data Conference 2015

NTEN

The 20-person department pulls the information from scanned PDFs of the filings, enter the information into their database, and classify the information in the Foundation Center taxonomy. Foundation Center has been working on automating much of this work.

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