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

Candid

Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000. What is the Foundation 1000? In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. private and community foundations. i Even though the Foundation 1000 makes up only about 1% of U.S.

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Creating Your 2025 Roadmap to Excellence 

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A well-defined, member-focused vision provides a foundation that aligns your team and inspires progress. A comprehensive assessment of your associations strengths, gaps, and opportunities in areas like strategy, culture, and technology will set a strong foundation for growth.

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Future of Good and QuakeLab release Canada’s first Top 50 Equitable Funders ranking

Charity Village

Future of Good and QuakeLab released Canada’s first Top 50 Equitable Funders ranking for Canadian charitable foundations. Based on thorough research and analysis, the ranking spotlights grantmakers centring and advancing equity, inclusion and anti-racism in their governance, team, investing, and grantmaking.

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How a Cup of Tea Laid the Foundations for Modern Statistical Analysis

Wired

Scientific experiments run today are based on research practices that evolved out of a British tea-tasting experiment in the 1920s.

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6 Ways to Prepare Your Communications for Successful End-of-Year Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Rosie Powers , a Strategist at Mission Minded —a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools. This analysis can help guide you towards what best engages your target audiences. Mission Minded is a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools.

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Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant proposals?

Candid

Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant applications? As part of Candid’s annual survey of foundation giving trends , i we posed two questions about generative AI: Have you received grant applications created by generative AI? Another 42% of respondents believed they have not received applications created by generative AI.

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Trends in education funding’s share of philanthropic giving 

Candid

Referring to recent reporting from the Southern Education Foundation , Dollars and Change also indicates that education organizations may need to consider ways to sustain support in addressing pandemic-related learning setbacks and persistent inequities, especially impacting Black, brown, and low-income students.

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