Demographics Funding Nonprofit 
Candid
MARCH 3, 2025
To date, over 75,000 nonprofits have contributed their demographic data to Candid, representing an increase of 50% since 2022. Nonprofit Sector report , providing comprehensive data to establish a benchmark for equity efforts across the sector. This data also enabled the development of The State of Diversity in the U.S.
Candid
JANUARY 4, 2023
In response to the simultaneous global pandemic and racial equity movement, philanthropy committed to act with urgency to better support nonprofit partners, as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the impacts of these dual events. Pledges were made to reduce barriers, shift power, and engage in more equitable funding practices.
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Candid
AUGUST 19, 2024
Demographic data is critical to helping our sector better understand and meet the needs of diverse communities. Foundations increasingly recognize the importance of recipient organizations’ demographics in informing their grantmaking process to ensure their grants are equitably distributed and impactful.
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. The process and timing of asking nonprofits for demographic data matters.
Candid
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Now with over 100 partners , and nearly 60,000 organizations sharing data, the Demographics via Candid campaign is going strong. As the movement has grown, we’ve responded to nonprofit learning needs along the way. As the movement has grown, we’ve responded to nonprofit learning needs along the way.
Candid
JUNE 20, 2023
Comprehensive and public nonprofit demographic data is central to supporting more transparent and informed decision making in our sector. Our purpose at Candid is to get key information—like this demographic data—into the hands of those who rely on it to guide their decision making. nonprofits and foundations.
Candid
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
However, many grantmakers like the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation have lacked access to the empirical data on race, gender, and other characteristics of leadership in the organizations we seek to fund. By claiming their profile, nonprofit organizations can self-identify the demographic characteristics of their board, management, and staff.
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