Candid

JUNE 5, 2023

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. This year, Candid is updating its taxonomy.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

The subject area is based on the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE). “Gender” combines two survey questions and reflects organizations that have answered either question. Organizations serving racial/ethnic populations were identified based on coding by Candid using the Philanthropy Classification System.

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Demographics Share Data Taxonomy 98

NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Outlook) and video conferencing platforms, use a spreadsheet, create slides, and use tools that are specific to your organization, such as a timekeeping system or an expense reporting system. Provide opportunities for people to learn by watching, reading, practicing, and reflecting.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

with no problems, but it is a confusing, non-seamless transaction experience, both in terms of design interface and glitches in data sync between different systems. As one respondent wrote, [the site] "does not reflect the fun, caring, social personality of NTEN and the NTEN community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

How are they different from taxonomies? Gavin's post does a great job explaining the definitions and the advantages of a taxonomy over a folksonomy. A traditional rigorous taxonomy scheme includes "synoynm ring" - basically, just a bunch of synonyms mapped together - why not use that to standardize the tags(i.e.

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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. These categories build off of the extensive taxonomy Candid has developed over years—based on data from over 17 million grants—which we have jointly adapted to capture work related to human rights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

I was already very interested in automation at this point and built a small content management system for the purpose of publishing those bits. The reason I think this is a classic Internet story is that 90% of the ongoing cost of publishing that blog is my own cost of staying informed and reflecting on what I learn.

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