Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Here we highlight some of the most popular publications from 2023.  It describes learnings and findings from this diversion program’s aim to serve adults aged 18-26 years in Cook County, Illinois between May 2021 and June 2023. This evaluation looks at one such program, Supporting Education and Employment Development (SEED).

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In the United States alone, GivingTuesday 2023 witnessed a staggering $3.1 Segmentation through demographics like age, location and interests are also helpful ways to understand your donors and create stories that will resonate with the different types of target audiences. The campaign is undoubtedly effective.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 20, 2024

The latest GivingPulse tracked shifts from the third to fourth quarter of 2023 and year-long trends. Here are four insights from the report.

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Center for Major Gifts

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

2023: Giving declined further to $374.40 In other words, more than $100 billion less was donated by individuals in 2022 and 2023 combined compared to 2021. By 2022 and 2023, economic conditions shifted, impacting charitable giving. 2023: 1.9% billion (inflation-adjusted). 2022: Donations dropped to $386.76 billiona $52.35

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Baltimore 2023 National Conference: The Spark Igniting Collaboration. 5-7, Philanos is hosting PowerUP! The three-day national conference is for leaders who believe in the power of women’s collective giving to create impact in local communities.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2024

As the largest source of nonprofit demographic data, at Candid we’re often asked whether this push has resulted in actual change. For this article, we use our archival demographic data to examine i whether there has been an increase in racial diversity among nonprofit leaders between 2020 and 2023. The answer is…yes and no.

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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

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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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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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

decrease in 2023 after inflation, showing how challenging it is for donors and nonprofits to keep up with inflation rates. Don’t limit your analysis to basic data points like demographic information or average gift size. Charitable giving saw a 2.1% Studying a variety of attributes and data fields.

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Future Fundraising Now

APRIL 1, 2025

It’s Generation Wah — the incredible generation of super-donors, defined as those born since 2023. They are highly emotional — they spend more time per day weeping and crying than any other demographic group! They don’t even know the concept of greed!

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CauseVox

AUGUST 31, 2023

Dive into our 2023 CauseVox Giving Study to unveil the distinct giving behaviors of different generations and the habits of high-earning donors. Crafting Tailored Donor Experiences : Strategies to resonate with different demographics, combining efficiency and personal touch. But was this trend uniform across all donor categories?

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Blackbaud

MARCH 11, 2025

However, we do know that donor demographics and fundraising methods are always changing. In 2023, the live-streamed event raised more than $8,200 for Make-A-Wish Georgia. In fact, walks have grown in popularity since 2020, according to the Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Benchmark Report , and still produce the most revenue of any event type.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A recent survey by The Nonprofit Alliance found that nearly half of direct response consultants said their clients lowered expectations from 2022 to 2023, while less than 10% said they expected their clients to do more direct mail fundraising this year compared to last year. Know your target demographic. Male or female? Young or old?

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

Candid did something bold in 2023: We asked that funders put their trust in us by providing unrestricted grant support for our planned mission-critical work—projects we believed would make the biggest impact for the sector at large. It was also the most downloaded Candid report in 2023.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 24, 2024

Common questions in a grant proposal ask about the demographics of the people you serve, how many people you serve, or the impact of your programs. Read our article here about our 2023 successes. Provide demographics of constituents served up to this point of this fiscal year. All of these questions indicate a need for data.

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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. The government’s recent proposal for updating the 1997 standards – open for public comment until April 12, 2023! What’s changed?

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Candid

JUNE 12, 2023

In mid-May 2023, shouts of joy could be heard in the Candid offices. In fact, between August 2022 and April 2023, the IRS released very little 990 data at all. Details and impact of the May 2023 990 release Between May 5–18, 2023, the IRS released around a million 990 files. Or maybe there was a landing on Mars.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Corporate philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and environmental, social and governance have become an essential ingredient in organizational culture and purpose. So what does this shift mean for the current state and near-term future of corporate philanthropy?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

They can take on the responsibility for gathering commonly requested information that’s already available to them, like a nonprofit’s address, mission, the demographic makeup of its staff, leadership, and more. From the funder’s perspective, the grant period is November 2023-October 2024.

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

As we experience an ongoing shift toward equity-centered grantmaking, some foundations are seeking demographic data on their grantees and nonprofit communities to track, measure, and make informed decisions about the diversity within their grantmaking portfolios. million in June 2021.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

By Logan Lewis In 2023, donor retention was down significantly from the previous year. Common segment categories include demographics, psychographics, philanthropic history and behavior, and communication preferences. Leveraging data and making tweaks to donor-facing forms helps your nonprofit build stronger relationships.

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Candid

MARCH 23, 2023

To further support nonprofits in making the case for funding, we encourage them to share their organizational leadership’s demographic makeup. Finally, in early 2023, we will offer virtually all capacity-building trainings at no cost to individuals.

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Candid

JULY 2, 2024

Based on what we learned from the pandemic, in 2023, we started the Safety Net Grants program, which supports social service providers responding to the essential needs of marginalized communities and vulnerable residents. Over 10 weeks, we distributed 181 grants totaling $4.5

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 30, 2023

Merkle has launched Merkury's identity resolution engine at Snowflake Summit 2023. The platform helps companies grow and own their own cookie-less private identity graph to better recognize, understand, and serve their customers across all channels in real time.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Based on Candid data processed as of October 2023, approximately 78,133 grants valued at $16.8 Particularly, as many foundations have bolstered their efforts to collect demographic data from grantees, have changes in how we collect that data helped address inequitable funding practices and bring about systems transformation?

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 17, 2024

With increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in recent years, more funders are asking for the specific demographics of the populations served by nonprofits. While there are many challenges in reporting demographic data, understanding and communicating the differences in race, ethnicity, and nationality is the first step.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 11, 2024

For their 2023–2024 The Ride to Independent Schools Report , the Enrollment Management Association (EMA) surveyed over 3,000 families about their experiences applying to independent schools. We used these success profiles to create forecast models for future years.

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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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Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Individuals in Canada ranked their nonprofit as the most digitally mature: The 2024 average score is lower in each region when compared to 2023 or 2022. Interestingly, public perceptions of the sector also concern significantly more than in 2023.

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Candid

JULY 15, 2024

In early 2023 , more than half of nonprofit leaders reported a perceived increase in trust from their funders, and most reported that at least some of their funders had reduced reporting requirements in the preceding year. NVP data over multiple years suggests that funders have continued to streamline or revise reporting requirements.

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

It feels like 2023 has become the year of generative artificial intelligence (AI). By updating your Candid profile and sharing your organization’s programs, budget, and demographic information, we can better support your future grant-seeking efforts. Making it easier to attract donors online.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Considering the twists that fundraising plans may have taken in 2023, it’s crucial to recalibrate for the upcoming year. Whether you have a previous fundraising plan or not, review your 2023 fundraising activities to gather insights. What’s your plan for 2024?

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Candid

AUGUST 26, 2024

To help those working to improve the lives of children learn from the efforts of others, this report presents the knowledge and insights of more than 2,000 community partners WKKF interviewed in 2023. The state of diversity in the U.S. nonprofit sector by Candid. How diverse are nonprofit staff, leaders, and board members?

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 8, 2024

population in terms of demographics, and the professionals surveyed included decision-makers at for-profit and nonprofit membership organizations. Top areas for investment during the next 6 to12 months include m arketing 60%, personalization 37%, AI and machine learning 30%, and, engagement features 26%.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In 2023 alone, GivingTuesday raised $3.1 Spur Local’s 2023 GivingTuesday campaign counter showing over $1 Million Raised from 5,347 donations) Customizing these elements—matching them with your campaign’s colors and messaging—helps convey urgency and shows how every contribution matters. billion in the U.S.,

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Assel Grant Services

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

With increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in recent years, more funders are asking for the specific demographics of the populations served by nonprofits. While there are many challenges in reporting demographic data, understanding and communicating the differences in race, ethnicity, and nationality is the first step.

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