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Topping the charts in 2022: The 10 most-read Candid blogs 

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Topping the charts of most-read Candid blogs of 2022: the overhead myth. He also urges nonprofits and funders alike to strive for greater funding transparency and to engage in trust-based philanthropy. If you’re wondering what trust-based philanthropy looks like in practice, revisit this blog by Candid’s CEO, Ann Mei.

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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Social Philanthropy: Raising Money on YouTube and Twitter. At SXSW, there….

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Great reads from around the web on February 11th

Amy Sample Ward

How do you transform it into charts, graphs, and maps that will help your audience understand the data and move them to take action? Illustrate how institutional philanthropy is relevant to the critical issues of our time. Highlight the many stories of philanthropy that show how private wealth is serving the public good.

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Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

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While Scott is far from the first to focus on giving major gifts with no strings attached, the scale of her philanthropy is causing many funders to rethink long-held beliefs about what requirements should be paired with a donation. One that is gathering significant momentum is Trust-Based Philanthropy.

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“Seeding by ceding”: What we know about the latest group of organizations funded by MacKenzie Scott

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For example, several donor collaboratives housed at Borealis Philanthropy were individually supported, including the Black Led Movement Fund, the Disability Inclusion Fund, and the Spark Justice Fund. An analysis of organizations and projects funded against Candid’s Philanthropy Classification System validates her statement. .

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Great reads from around the web on July 1st

Amy Sample Ward

" The Internet has become a spontaneous, grassroots fundraising tool – Small Act – "Philanthropy has turned on its ear. The answer to the question lies in understanding your nonprofit social media supporters and identifying which ones are the most well-connected, influential, and, in a word, social.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. For datamaking, visuals like charts, diagrams, or maps are important for more than data collection. Those who find it fun are called nerds.

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