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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

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Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. This typically resulted in about 900-1,300 funders represented and 100-150k grants collected in a given year.

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

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One of the most common reasons people analyze Candid’s grant data is to understand year-over-year giving trends in the sector. At Candid, we collect data on millions of grants and other transactions awarded by hundreds of thousands of funders across the globe. Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000.

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Results Of The Chronicle of Philanthropy 2013 Survey on Corporate Giving

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The latest Chronicle of Philanthropy survey of American corporate giving essentially finds that companies are still giving out cash grants, but are putting more energy into product or in-kind philanthropy. The forecast for 2013 is for giving to slow down. Cash grants are just part of the picture, though. percent in 2012.

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QuickBooks 2013 Made Easy for Nonprofits — Upcoming Webinar on February 28

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Join our upcoming webinar, QuickBooks 2013 Made Easy for Nonprofits and Charities , on Thursday, February 28 at 11 a.m. Learn more about how you can streamline your day-to-day business with the new 2013 updates to Intuit's QuickBooks. Want to learn more about the newest version of QuickBooks ? Pacific time.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy 2013 Survey on Corporate Giving and Akhtar Badshah of Microsoft on How To Get Corporate Grants

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The latest Chronicle of Philanthropy survey of American corporate giving essentially finds that companies are still giving out cash grants, but are putting more energy into product or in-kind philanthropy. The forecast for 2013 is for giving to slow down. Cash grants are just part of the picture, though. percent in 2012.

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A look at organizations that have earned GuideStar Seals of Transparency

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We introduced the GuideStar Seals of Transparency in 2013 to address these questions and to provide visible recognition when a nonprofit shares information on GuideStar. Public charities account for 97 percent of Seal holders but only 73 percent of all U.S. About 47 percent of Seal holders received at least one grant from a U.S.

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The overhead myth: crash course to fundraising transparency

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It’s not a new concept; in fact, as far back as 2013, GuideStar (Candid’s predecessor organization along with Foundation Center), the BBB, and Charity Navigator came together to issue a call to stop the overhead myth. . And, it can make organizations feel the need to limit their operating expenses to a detrimental degree.

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