Candid

MARCH 17, 2025

At the Council on Foundations, were collaborating with the New Pluralists and Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) on a three-part report series exploring philanthropys investment in connecting and collaborating across differences. And thats something nonprofits are increasingly trying to facilitate.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2024

A huge thank you to Audrey Kidwell, Grants Manager for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, for providing many of the resources and tips included in this article. Here are some strategies to ensure your infrastructure and processes are resilient. Take the Long View Disaster recovery is a long-term process. Hurricanes.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 6, 2025

According to Satonya Fair, the President and CEO of PEAK Grantmaking , leading in philanthropy takes courage and a good pair of track shoes. Gather resources from other grantmakers, but lean on what you know about your mission, community, and processes to find the right path for you.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 5, 2024

The judges also determined the rules of the granting process in Fearless Foundation’s “Fearless Strivers Grant Contest,” constituted a contract and were therefore subject to anti racial-discrimination statutes found in 42 U.S. Our grants are essential for some companies. The ruling from the U.S. Code § 1981.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

While there will always be a baseline of information needed to make sure your grant funds are stewarded well, the best place to start is with trust. Creating stronger relationships with your grantees is at the heart of trust-based philanthropy, and a key part of helping you make a bigger impact on the community you serve.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2024

Grant writers are often the unsung heroes of the application process. They parse the grant documentation to understand if their organization is a good fit, they gather information from throughout the organization, and they mold it into an engaging story about the important work the organization is doing.

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Candid

MAY 12, 2021

Add in six-month filing extensions and IRS processing time, and it can be two years before we receive all the returns for a specific year. To date, there are still millions of returns from 2019 that have not yet been processed. To date, we’ve collected data on more than 125,000 grants for 2020 and 2021, most of it from non-IRS sources.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2024

“Funders should prioritize organizations with smaller budgets [and] target substantial multiyear funding toward nonprofits with budgets under $100,000 and simplify grant applications, recognizing that funders often impose greater barriers to accessing large grants,” says Heather Infantry, CEO of Giving Gap.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2025

Its been a wild few years for the philanthropy sector. Let Your Grantees Know You Are There According to the Center for Effective Philanthropy , most nonprofit leaders (more than 75%) want to hear from their funders about whats happening and the implications of the political climate.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Corporate philanthropy is a key component of corporate social responsibility , which is a category of initiatives held by businesses to improve society in some way. For nonprofits, corporate philanthropy means free corporate support for their missions and programming. Corporate Philanthropy Best Practices. Volunteer grants.

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Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

In 2020, the philanthropic sector started conversations about how philanthropy can better support Black-led organizations and the Black community. According to the 2020 Smithsonian Magazine article, The Storied History of Giving in America , the practice of philanthropy can reflect and reinforce inequity.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

With that in mind, I wanted to share a list of funding and grant resources available for nonprofits serving that community. Grant Research Tip : As you search for funding opportunities, keep an eye on the grant application deadlines. One way to track those is by setting up a grant calendar. Funding Priority: LGBTQ+.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Grant makers and nonprofit professionals are now talking openly about some very painful (and inter-related) issues in philanthropy, such as. The lack of inclusion and equity in philanthropy. Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better. Philanthropy is at a turning point.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate. Myth 1: “Candid grants data” is the same as “990 data.” institutional grantmaking and provide the starting place and scaffolding for Candid’s grants data.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Dysfunctions We Want to Disappear These common threads highlight the systemic issues that hinder our ability in the social impact sector (what I include to be nonprofit, philanthropy, and local government) to innovate, adapt, and effectively meet the needs of communities, while also overburdening staff and reinforcing inefficient practices.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

The very nature of philanthropy is based on empathy, compassion, and a strong conviction to improve overall human welfare and quality of life. The existential need for philanthropy indicates that structures exist that fail to meet basic human needs.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

According to new data from National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP), in collaboration with and support from Bank of America, the number of funders with annual grantmaking greater than or equal to $1 million has grown from 23% to 36% during the past decade. There has been a decline in impact investing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Threaded conversations, document management, and simple UI, make it easy for teams to collaborate on a grant proposal, communicate constituent needs, and even organize a lunch meet up. #5 Keeping teams organized and synched can be a convoluted process, but the right calendar option can remedy this problem. 5 Online Calendar.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

The foundation needed to mobilize the funds and turn them into grants that would tangibly change the lives of Headwaters’ communities in real time. How can you pave the way for responsive philanthropy in your community’s time of need? Inadequate Processes. Prepare for Changes with Documented Processes.

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Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

. “These things are being released at such a huge, huge scale that it’s going to require major engineering solutions,” said Sarah Zack, an Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Great Lakes Contaminant Specialist who communicates about microplastics to the public. AP is solely responsible for all content.

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sgEngage

APRIL 21, 2021

If you work in philanthropy, odds are that you have heard some buzz about trust-based philanthropy. Trust-based philanthropy is so far from the compliance-oriented culture of traditional philanthropy that it can raise a lot of eyebrows. Solicit and Act on Feedback: Philanthropy doesn’t have all the answers.

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sgEngage

MAY 8, 2023

Of the many ways a nonprofit organization can get funding, grants often seem like the holy grail. There is a lot more to grant funding than “free money.” Before you start applying for grants, you need to understand where the funding is coming from and the expectations from that organization. billion in grants in 2021.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

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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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Technology Association of Grantmakers 2024 State of Philanthropy Tech Survey highlights both progress and ongoing challenges in how funders are supporting nonprofit technology needs. Outdated systems and inefficient processes are added burdens that make it harder to serve their communities.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

The Role of Trust-Based Philanthropy The growing interest in giving larger, unrestricted—and in many cases multi-year— commitments reflects a widening embrace of “trust-based philanthropy” (TBP) among select funders. Solicit and Act on Feedback: Philanthropy doesn’t have all the answers. So, how can funders assist here?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Philanthropy loves “new” things. But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. A History of Knowledge Work in Philanthropy Knowledge building and philanthropy have a long past. These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

The installation process, which takes around 24 hours, involves adding downspouts to the roof, downspouts that direct rain into tanks, and a fridge-sized “rain box” next to the building that connects the tanks to the school’s existing plumbing. . We don’t even need to have storage.”

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Microsoft’s Ads for Social Impact or the Microsoft Ad Grant is a program available to eligible nonprofits to help transform their digital presence. Like the Google Ad Grant program , Microsoft is offering a monthly grant to advertise on their owned and operated websites (such as Bing, AOL, Outlook, Yahoo, MSN, and Microsoft Edge). .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 30, 2019

Transactions on a blockchain are cryptographically secured, unchangeable, and enable the peer-to-peer exchange of information or transaction processing. This exchange does not require a payment processor or other institutional middleman to manage the process. Digital Currencies and Blockchain in the Social Sector.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

“Where do I look to find grants for my nonprofit?” Getting grant funds is REALLY exciting! Also, getting a grant means a funder values your nonprofit and trusts you’ll put their money to good use. A Grant is What We Need (or is it?) Plus, grants are never guaranteed from year to year.

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sgEngage

MAY 15, 2024

In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. The goal was to become better grantmakers by completing a review of our practices, processes and forms. In addition to the grantmaking team, consult a representative from each department early in the process.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In philanthropy, unlike democracy, there is often no way for people to participate–to share what they think or to influence decisions. People impacted by the grants typically have no say in who gets the funding, for what, how much, and for how long. Those at the top decide. In recent years, that model is being challenged.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Nonprofit Grant Proposal Budget Calculations: A Road Map Whats the best way to make your nonprofits budget stand out on a grant application? Fundraising & Grants Is it a pleasure to support your nonprofit or a hassle? Discover three ways your CFO can help your nonprofit through the grant application process.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2024

In a 2024 report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy , 95% of leaders expressed some level of concern over employee burnout and 69% of respondents ranked it as “very much a concern”.** Google and Bing both use AI to enhance search results, improve user experience, and manage the vast amounts of data they process with each inquiry.

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Candid

JULY 2, 2024

We streamlined the application process, eliminated the written reporting requirement, and, 18 days later, awarded the first round of grants in Greater Boston. Over 10 weeks, we distributed 181 grants totaling $4.5 And we knew it was important to include those closest to the community in the process.

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Bonterra

AUGUST 1, 2024

Bonterra Strategic Philanthropy Bonterra Strategic Philanthropy CSR software that powers corporate philanthropy Amplify business and social impact by building lasting partnerships with the nonprofits most aligned to your corporation and employees.

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