Candid

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Rather than create yet another custom reporting requirement for applicants and grant recipients, Mott is helping to lead a growing movement of grantmakers who use the ready-made and scalable demographic profile reporting within Candid’s GuideStar tool. based 501c3 organizations can “claim” their profile.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Now with over 100 partners , and nearly 60,000 organizations sharing data, the Demographics via Candid campaign is going strong. In the process, we have noticed there are some common concerns and barriers that tend to come up on the road to better demographic data.

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Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

By better understanding the demographic profile of those organizations that are—and are not—receiving funding, we can more closely track if they are representative of the communities they serve and whether they are getting the support they need to deliver on their missions. Introducing Demographics via Candid.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As more funders seek to use demographic data to inform their grantmaking decision-making, 125 partners have now joined the Demographics via Candid movement. The process and timing of asking nonprofits for demographic data matters. Collecting demographic data can lead to meaningful change.

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Candid

JUNE 20, 2023

Comprehensive and public nonprofit demographic data is central to supporting more transparent and informed decision making in our sector. To date, over 55,000 nonprofits have shared some information on their staffs’ and board members’ race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability status, through their Candid profile.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

1 – Fit Your Organization’s Profile. Does your non-profit have “donor profiles” set up? What are their demographics (age, gender, location, industry, interests)? What are their demographics (age, gender, location, industry, interests)? Create a number of “donor profiles” for your organization.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Nonprofit profiles . This work is centered on our nonprofit profiles (originally called GuideStar nonprofit profiles), which organizations are invited to claim and update, ensuring the field has the most accurate data. Currently, over 80,000 organizations have earned a Seal, and over 34,000 have provided demographic data. .

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The Next Web

MARCH 26, 2014

Customers choose to shop at one t-shirt store over another or eat at one taco place over the other because you’ve built a business that caters to a particular demographic, offering quality. The notion of a brand is created around these differentiators helping define what makes one company that different than the next.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Since 2014, Candid has been collecting demographic data about the people who work at U.S. nonprofits through Candid’s nonprofit profiles. i We anticipate a steady increase in organizations sharing demographic information as a result of our recently launched Demographics via Candid campaign. Source: Candid, 2023.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

Start With the Right Profile Type. Instagram offers two account types — business and personal profiles. When creating an account for your nonprofit, you should choose a business profile over a personal one. Selecting a business profile will allow you to add “Nonprofit” to your bio.

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sgEngage

JULY 18, 2024

Donor profiles are not reserved only for large nonprofits with thousands of donors and prospects. In five easy steps, even small shops can make a donor profile that provides powerful insights using data from just a few donors. A donor profile is a description of the type of person most likely to donate to your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2023

Social media is one of the most accessible ways to promote your organization’s purpose because it’s easy to set up a profile and it’s free to get started. While it will require some staff or volunteer time to establish your presence and maintain your profile, it’s still a valuable resource to build into your nonprofit marketing strategy.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

On February 14, Candid launched Demographics via Candid, a campaign through which we partner with organizations across the social sector to encourage demographic data sharing. As organizations begin to share their demographic data using these new options, the numbers will increase. What’s changed?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. LinkedIn Profiles. Strangely, nonprofits have been slow to embrace LinkedIn.

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Candid

JULY 11, 2023

Demographics via Candid provides an opportunity to address some of these issues and help funders reach and build relationships with organizations that may not be part of their existing networks. But advancing equity goes much deeper than checking a demographic box and writing a check. Center relationships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2013

How Your Nonprofit Can Make the Most of Its LinkedIn Profile – Guest Post by Victoria Michelson. Get more detailed demographic data about your followers. In addition, browse these tips from the Best Company pages on LinkedIn. Victoria Michelson gives us an overview of the new features for company pages on LinkedIn.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Create user profiles. When defining your ideal volunteer, you’ll want to create a user persona , or profile. Nothing is off limits when developing these profiles. Ensure that copy is catering to the emotions, needs, and desires of the persona profile you created. Click Here! Learn how to better manage your volunteers.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 25, 2024

Can you look at previous purchasers, create demographic profiles and market to others like them? Is someone from the AMS team included in discussions about revenue generation at your organization? Can you make e-commerce on your website more like Amazon with its recommendations and use of purchasing?

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2024

Candid began collecting demographic data from nonprofit organizations in July 2019, encouraging them to share information on their leadership, staff, and board members on their nonprofit profiles. Among organizations that did not share demographic data, 65% were unaware that this section of their profile was incomplete.

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Candid

JUNE 24, 2024

Funders are increasingly using demographic data about the staff and leadership of the nonprofits they support to assess their impact and reach. The course provides an opportunity to learn from case studies, including the kinds of questions The California Endowment, a Demographics via Candid partner, is using the data to answer.

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Candid

MARCH 25, 2025

For example, we learned that when users are looking for a specific nonprofit, they want to see name matches at the top of results, while those who want to discover new nonprofits want to match other data in the profile and easily filter results. Developing new tools Nonprofits already do the heavy lifting.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I was also interested to learn that 40% of foundation leaders interviewed said they have begun or are increasingly focused on better collecting and using demographic data about nonprofits they fund and the people they serve. I am a firm believer in collecting demographic data. Of course, it is possible for both things to be true.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In February 2023, we officially launched Demographics via Candid , an initiative that empowers nonprofits to share their demographic data one time, through the Candid profile, where it can be accessed and reused by funders and other stakeholders across the field.

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Candid

MARCH 4, 2025

Here are three important things to know: Candid only collects data intended to be public Over the last few weeks, weve been asked about our data privacy policies for our organizational profiles. We also clearly communicate this in our trainings and other profile-related materials.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

. —– Google+, the social network launched by Google nearly 5 months ago, has recently opened up the platform to organizations and brands with a profile type akin to the options for individuals and Pages on Facebook. So far, the demographics of Google+ skew toward American males working in technology. Community First.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

My guess is that many of those bloggers and journalists have reconsidered now that the initial buzz and euphoria about Google+ has subsided (especially considering that the Google+ brand profiles haven’t even launched yet). To access everyone across all demographics, your nonprofit must utilize many different tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

My guess is that many of those bloggers and journalists have reconsidered now that the initial buzz and euphoria about Google+ has subsided (especially considering that the Google+ brand profiles haven’t even launched yet). To access everyone across all demographics, your nonprofit must utilize many different tools.

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Charity Village

AUGUST 23, 2024

Statistics Canada released new findings from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability in the following report: A demographic, employment and income profile of persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over in Canada, 2022.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is making a bold and public move to use Candid’s GuideStar profile and demographic survey to track data from grant applicants and recipients. At the same time, there is an increased call for organizations to be transparent about the demographic makeup of our grantees.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 7, 2024

” Key components of this approach include: Segmentation: Divide your audience based on demographics, behaviors, and preferences. Repurposing segments for new persona-based outreach or re-targeting aspects of them to specific demographics can make old content new again, and have a whole new impact.”

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Candid

MARCH 21, 2022

These ratings, powered by nonprofit profile data provided voluntarily to Candid, assess where organizations are in their journey to prioritizing equity in their operations and pursuit of their missions. . This information is collected alongside staff and board demographic data via nonprofit profiles.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Further, over time, it became increasingly difficult to maintain GlassPockets profiles as individual websites were redesigned, resulting in broken links. We aim for a 360° sector-wide view via Candid’s Nonprofit Profiles on GuideStar. From pain to gain. Even amid the pain points, there are encouraging signs of progress. What’s next?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Candid is the largest source of data about the demographics of nonprofit leaders, board members, and staff. Candid typically shares organizations’ “latest available” demographic data, i.e., their most recent submission. Just over half (52%) of nonprofits that have shared demographic information since 2019 have done so more than once.

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NetWits

AUGUST 2, 2012

Begin to think like a corporate entity – understanding investment and return, consumer demographics and buying patterns. Using a service like Profile Builder can use public information to help you create this segmentation of your donors. Yet including corporate donors in your fundraising mix is a critical strategy. What to do?

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Candid

MAY 2, 2022

The Center embarked on this journey first by looking up their own Candid Profile on GuideStar to go through the steps to update it to see exactly what they’d be asking their members to do, how long it took, and how difficult it was. An updated Candid Profile checks all those boxes. . Turns out, it was a very reasonable process. .

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Candid

MARCH 27, 2024

Have you ever wondered what the funders, donor advisors, and other industry professionals who use Candid nonprofit profiles are searching for? Candid users conduct more than 100,000 searches of nonprofit profiles on average each month, most commonly by keyword, subject area, and geography.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

By teaming up with a like-minded business, you create an ally to promote your mission to customers that fall squarely in your target demographic. It’s also vital to encourage registrants to share the auction with friends and family or post on their personal social media profiles. 2) Select a site to host your auction.

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