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Candid updates its taxonomy with community input 

Candid

Earlier this month, Candid released a new version of its taxonomy, the Philanthropy Classification System (PCS). What are the benefits of Candid’s updated taxonomy? These additions to Candid’s updated taxonomy include Universities and colleges , Hospitals , and Fiscal sponsors. What does it take to update Candid’s taxonomy?

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Auto Taxonomy Updates for Call Centers

VisionLink

We have released an updated version of our auto-update solution to ensure that the categories through which you manage your resource directory are aligned with the ever improving AIRS taxonomy. We were the first to support both the auto-update standard and the sixth level of the taxonomy. We were the first to support both the 2.07

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Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy

Candid

All this work would be significantly more difficult if it weren’t for Candid’s taxonomy, the Philanthropy Classification System (or PCS). A taxonomy is simply a system of classification, or a way of organizing things. This year, Candid is updating its taxonomy. program support, general support, advocacy); transaction type (e.g.,

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Crisis, Climate And Conflict Drove Disaster Philanthropy

The NonProfit Times

Many international grants were directly given to local and national actors. It is a significant percentage, exceeding the commitment toprovide 25%of humanitarian funding to local and national actors by signatories of theGrand Bargain. Overall giving to disasters worldwide totaled $1.7 billion, according to CDP data. In 2022, 40% ($93.1

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How people secured their secrets before encyption

Fast Company Tech

They searched for additional examplesfrom letters listed on eBay to ceremonial correspondence between heads of state stored in the National Archiveslearning to recognize the telltale markings of different folding and locking patterns.

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Fish Tale Has DNA Hook

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A few days earlier, I read an article where DNA-sampling of freshwater ponds can reveal the presence/absence of the invasive American bullfrogs even when normal monitoring techniques fail - this technique can even detect "ghosts" - species that have been but are no longer present!

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Great reads from around the web on July 18th

Amy Sample Ward

Today, I’ll start with a basic taxonomy of these trends, and unpack each one over time. Today, I’m launching a series on Mapping Trends in Philanthropy, to share what I am learning and invite a conversation with leaders in the field. " International Digital Youth Work Events, 20th-23rd Sep – What can you share? ."

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