Candid

JUNE 5, 2023

Every year, Candid processes data on nearly two million organizations and more than three million grants. All this work would be significantly more difficult if it weren’t for Candid’s taxonomy, the Philanthropy Classification System (or PCS). A taxonomy is simply a system of classification, or a way of organizing things.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

One of the most common reasons people analyze Candid’s grant data is to understand year-over-year giving trends in the sector. So, you may be surprised to learn that when we do trends analyses at Candid, we often don’t start with our full data set. ensuring that the grants data is ‘complete’ for each funder included in the set).

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

Generative AI products, such as ChatGPT, are examples of a branch of AI called machine learning, which is concerned with learning from data to surface trends and predictions. Making searching for funders and grants fast and easy. Generating first drafts of grant proposals. million nonprofits worldwide.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

The subject area is based on the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE). Here, we see a clear trend: Over 90% of nonprofits shared some demographic data about their leader. Organizations serving racial/ethnic populations were identified based on coding by Candid using the Philanthropy Classification System.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

You can search and visualize media funding by the following: Show Grants By : Explore data for funders (blue) or recipients (orange). More Filters and Advanced Search: Tailor your search by funder type, grant amount, population served, keyword and more. List: View and sort foundation, recipients and grants data in table form.

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Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

We have not lived up to HRFN’s potential to contribute to a more coordinated philanthropic response to systemic racism and inequality. For over a decade, our annual Advancing Human Rights research has mapped trends in funding for human rights, breaking down funding into three major categories: issues, strategies, and populations.

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