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Candid insights The big picture of the social sector, backed by data and expertise Recent posts Tips & Training Trends & Issues Data & Insights Search blog Recent posts Tips & Training Trends & Issues Data & Insights Recent posts Tips & Training Trends & Issues Data & InsightsTips & Training Spring cleaning: How to do a social media audit Learn how to do a social media audit at your nonprofit to ensure your social accounts reflect your brand and communicate accurate, consistent, and up-to-date information about your organization with expert guidance from Candid’s senior digital communications manager. By Kate Meyers Emery, Ph.D. (she/her) May 14, 2024 Tags: Nonprofits ; International ; US ; Nonprofit and charity work ; Social media and marketing ; Stay up to date Get the latest tips, trends, and research delivered bi-weekly to your inbox with the Candid Newsletter. Get notified when we publish a new post.Candid newsletterBlog notificationsSign upTrends & Issues Tips & Training Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact Find out how philanthropic collaboratives—organizations that distribute resources from multiple donors to nonprofits—are finding new and effective ways to equitably measure impact across their portfolio of grantees. By Mariah Collins (she/her) and Erika Caballero Montoya (she/her) May 13, 2024 Tags: Funders ; Nonprofits ; Researchers ; US ; Foundation and grantmaker work ; Grants ; Racial equity ; Trust-based philanthropy ;Trends & Issues Closing racial wealth gaps with community land trusts Find out what community land trusts are and why they represent a key tool for closing racial wealth gaps and reducing disparities in home ownership in this Candid insights article authored by Living Cities’ president and CEO. By Joe Scantlebury (he/him) May 9, 2024 Tags: Funders ; Nonprofits ; US ; DEI ; Racial equity ;Trends & Issues Data & Insights Creating partnerships: Closing the gender pay gap by challenging the status quo together To close the gender pay gap—amounting to over $1.6 trillion in lost women’s wages—means challenging the status quo and working in partnership across the sector to address its interconnected root causes. By Jocelyn Frye (she/her/hers) May 8, 2024 Tags: Funders ; Nonprofits ; Researchers ; US ; DEI ; Gender equity ;Tips & Training Telling a compelling story: Communicating program impact in a grant proposal Communicating program impact in a grant proposal is key to securing funding; get expert tips on how to compellingly convey your nonprofit’s impact to funders to help you win over their support. By Tracy Kaufman (she/her) May 7, 2024 Tags: Nonprofits ; US ; Fundraising, giving, and donations ; Nonprofit and charity work ;Trends & Issues Empowering change: Black-founded nonprofits achieving impact with limited resources Delve into data on Black-founded nonprofits to discover how they’re resiliently committed to driving impact in the face of funding disparities, limited growth opportunities, and the need for equitable support and investment. By Lauren Brathwaite (she/her) May 6, 2024 Tags: Funders ; Nonprofits ; US ; Fundraising, giving, and donations ; Nonprofit and charity work ; Racial equity ; Trust-based philanthropy ;Data & Insights Trends & Issues Did nonprofit leadership become more racially diverse after 2020? Is nonprofit leadership more racially diverse than in 2020? Find out by exploring insights derived from demographic data that help explain what recent shifts in nonprofits led by BIPOC CEOs may signal. By Mantin Diomande (she/her) May 2, 2024 Tags: Funders ; Nonprofits ; Researchers ; International ; US ; DEI ; Demographic data ; Nonprofit and charity work ; Racial equity ; Research and insights ;Trends & Issues Are we building the Candid tools you need? Learn how Candid tools and products are being built to solve for real-world sector needs–and will become unified into our next-generation platform. Get a sneak peek into all that awaits by visiting beta.candid.org. By Renée Westmoreland (she/her) May 1, 2024 Tags: Funders ; Nonprofits ; International ; US ; Accessibility ; Candid’s tools ; Nonprofit and charity work ; Technology and software ;Trends & Issues Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance It’s time to revisit traditional nonprofit governance. National Council of Nonprofit’s Donna Murray-Brown explains why a new partnership-driven model between nonprofit board members and staff promises to unlock greater impact. By Donna Murray-Brown (she/her) April 29, 2024 Tags: Funders ; Nonprofits ; International ; US ; Nonprofit and charity work ; Trust-based philanthropy ;Trends & Issues Foundations step up funding to bolster trust in local news Trust in local news is critical to combating misinformation and keeping the U.S. public informed by a diversity of voices as evidenced by foundations’ funding to sustain today’s local media outlets’ operations. By Samantha Mercado (she/her/hers) April 25, 2024 Tags: Funders ; Nonprofits ; International ; US ; Foundation and grantmaker work ; Research and insights ; Trust-based philanthropy ;Trends & Issues Reimagining grantmaking with data collaboration at scale Discover what data collaboration at scale makes possible for reimagining grantmaking in this recap of Candid’s recent session at the 2024 PEAK Grantmaking conference. By Janet Camarena (she/her) April 24, 2024 Tags: Funders ; Nonprofits ; International ; US ; Candid ; Conferences and talks ; Demographic data ; Foundation and grantmaker work ;Trends & Issues Data & Insights Community foundations: Donor-advised fund grants outpaced contributions in 2022 Find out how donor-advised fund grants given compared to DAF contributions among community foundations in 2022–and what research on this trend may mean for philanthropic giving in the future. By David Rosado (he/him) April 23, 2024 Tags: Funders ; Nonprofits ; International ; US ; Budgets and financials ; Foundation and grantmaker work ; Fundraising, giving, and donations ; Grants ; Posts navigation 1 2 … 69...