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. The first is that our most recent CEP Grantee Perception Report from July 2020 included important and humbling feedback—that U.S. Also, why do this now?

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

For example, a growth or decrease in individual giving might be vitally important to your nonprofit but totally irrelevant to others (like those primarily funded by government sources.) To help make standardized and centralized demographic data more freely available, Candid launched the Demographics via Candid initiative earlier this year.

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Candid

APRIL 7, 2022

A 2020 Echoing Green study found that nonprofits led by Black women received less funding than those run by white women or Black men. The report also found that when nonprofits led by people of color did get funding, it was more likely to come with restrictions. The research resonated with the group. “The

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , by Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) As a follow up to their 2020 and 2021 studies, this report delves into data to explore philanthropic giving from the first two years of the pandemic.

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Candid

JUNE 15, 2022

As requested, we are submitting this brief annual letter on our use of these funds. Establish an innovation fund to seed next generation ideas . The Candid Innovation Fund. It’s been one year since Candid received the email every nonprofit dreams of: confirmation of your $15 million grant. Take care of Candid staff .

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Amid the racial reckoning of 2020 and the inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. This shift was marked by commitments of increased funding, greater flexibility in grantmaking practices, and a focus on social and economic systems transformation. billion have been awarded to advance racial equity since 2020.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2024

To help close this racial wealth gap, my organization, Living Cities, has made increasing homeownership across demographic groups a top priority. In 2023, with funding from the Wells Fargo Foundation and the Citi Foundation, Living Cities awarded grants totaling $3.2 million to member cities to develop such initiatives.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

For over 65 years, individual giving has represented around 70 percent of total giving in the United States , and early reports are showing that 2020 saw increases in giving from individual donors. percent in 2020 over 2019—most of that growth was from more donors giving small gifts less than $1,000. Good news!

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Harness today’s LARGEST donor demographic with these quick and effective micro-philanthropy strategies. The revenue potential in micro-donations has exploded , with “crowd-funding” emerging as a leading peer-to-peer fundraising method and generating $17.2 micro-philanthropy has already begun to shape the fundraising landscape.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 30, 2021

After the unprecedented events of 2020, event organizers have been given the opportunity to take a fresh look at typical fundraising models employed over the years to explore what worked and what didn’t. This can be very effective if fundraising is more effectively executed with strategies aimed at specific demographics.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 23, 2024

is projected to increase from 56 million in 2020 to 70 million by 2030, the demand of aging and for senior-focused services and healthcare professionals will continue to rise. This demographic shift necessitates a robust infrastructure of support systems to cater to the unique needs of aging individuals that will remain a priority.

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Candid

JULY 8, 2024

Foundation program officers and government officials can unintentionally limit the impact of community-based organizations by funding them to serve only a specific demographic group and a narrow set of activities. At the Healthy Democracy Fund at the Tides Foundation, we focus our grantmaking on state and local groups.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 1, 2023

Grant applications often ask for racial demographics of board, staff, and clients as well as LGBTQ+, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disabilities, age, etc. Representation falls short of community demographics. and why private funding is needed. and why private funding is needed. link] : U.S.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Donations made through online donation platforms climbed dramatically in 2020, even though the average amount of gifts has decreased. Though both of these demographics have smaller cash reserves than typical nonprofit donors in the past, they’re also more generous than any generation before them. . – Keep the message simple!

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The Fundraising Coach

AUGUST 14, 2020

It's ultimately about raising funds, not the meetings. At the time of this writing, mid-August 2020, many of the successful major gift officers are saying they've talked with their assigned donors more in the last five months than in the previous couple years. But we've already called everyone multiple times! Here's what they said.

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The Fundraising Coach

MARCH 15, 2021

The calculation looks like this: Fundraising ROI = ((Total Funds Raised - Total Fundraising Expenses) / Total Fundraising Expenses) x 100. Find the average gift size from the last two years—for clarity, we’ll use 2020 and 2019. Subtract 2019’s average from this 2020’s average, then divide this difference by 2020’s average.

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Candid

MAY 5, 2021

They complete your mission, raise funds, and keep your nonprofit running to its full potential. The nonprofit sector has had a difficult year, losing over 7 percent of its workforce in 2020. Some organizations feel that acknowledging inclusivity draws overt attention to demographic differences and can come off as unprofessional.

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Candid

JUNE 2, 2021

LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, underscored a major theme during the opening keynote that carried through the rest of the conference: together. We need data to tell our story, identify funding opportunities and gaps, uplift partners, define the problems we seek to solve, and contribute to our collective impact. .

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Greater Giving

JUNE 24, 2021

Throughout 2020, planners were forced to go online to hold their annual fundraising events virtually when large gatherings were prohibited due to the pandemic. The guest list for a traditional event is often targeted at a key donor demographic and must stick to the venue’s capacity requirements. The Guest List.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 1, 2022

It’s not surprising that this year, out of the 44% of nonprofits who saw government funding as a critical revenue stream in 2021, half of those organizations are turning their fundraising focus elsewhere. And it’s not just government funding where nonprofits are feeling leery about making big investments of time and energy.

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WT Grant Foundation

JULY 13, 2023

Considering power and perspective As we look to fund studies that hold the potential to improve youth outcomes, we are intentional in our assessment of a research team’s ability to develop gender, racial, and otherwise culturally appropriate concepts, methods, and measures. Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: [link].

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Thanks to the pandemic, online giving grew 21 percent in 2020 alone, and that growth isn’t slowing down any time soon. It’s also much easier to target and personalize your message to different demographics, making your marketing strategy for fundraising far more effective. What are the different ways to fundraise online?

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2020

Nonprofits, particularly small community-based organizations, struggle to fund their programs during a typical year. Screenshot from loom.com website, march 2020. We will also support organizations created and led by the communities most affected that we may not fund currently. The answer is “maybe.”

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Qgiv

APRIL 10, 2021

Dear Company Name, At [Nonprofit Name], we’ve served [demographic] in the [Community Name] area for over [number] years. This [season or time period], we’re aiming to raise [amount] to fund [project]. Don’t leave that funding on the table! However, contributions of [amount] would help us fund [sports-focused goal].

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Candid

MARCH 19, 2025

Despite comprising the majority of the nonprofit workforce, women in the sector still face gender disparities and challenges, including unequal pay, lack of access to funding sources, and expectations to do more with less. nonprofit sector demographics. The power of small grants and deep listening to fund the unfundable.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Chronicle of Philanthropy notes that: “The first half of 2020 was remarkably strong for fundraising, with donations rising almost 7.5 2020 saw a major increase in digital fundraising, with online giving growing by 12.1%. Bequest giving accounted for 9% of all overall philanthropic giving in 2018, more than corporate funding.

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Tom Ahern

AUGUST 7, 2023

Location, location, location: although Katonah Village has a census-verified (2020) population of just 1,603 (including Martha Stewart and a long list of other famous names), the hamlet is a mere 41 miles from Manhattan (there's a train). She's the library's development manager (i.e., fundraiser) and now its newsletter editor.

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