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Supporting Native communities is about listening and relationships

Candid

We listened, and we responded in 2012 with a commitment to place 40% of our grant dollars each year with Native-led groups, meaning that a majority of their staff and board members are Native Americans. Since 2012, we’ve made more than $87 million in grants to Native-led groups—more than 45%of total grant dollars.

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Do Reviewers’ High Scores Predict the Best Grant Projects?

ProposalPRO

If you’re won a federal grant, you know you owe your good fortune to the independent grant reviewers who highly rated your proposal. Studies on the topic indicate that expert peer reviewers can select strongly written grant applications but cannot necessarily predict which projects will successfully achieve stated objectives.

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Before you use AI to write grants, make sure you know these 4 things.

Millionaire Grant Lady

Surely it can write grants…right? Since AI writing has become more accessible and received a lot of very positive press, you may be wondering if AI can write grants for you. Alex, the founder of Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates, has been working in the nonprofit and grant space for more than a decade.

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Community foundations: Donor-advised fund grants outpaced contributions in 2022 

Candid

When we dig a bit deeper into the data, it becomes clear that a significant portion of that activity was driven by donor-advised funds (DAFs) hosted by community foundations. In 2022, when both contributions to the funds and their investment returns declined, DAF account holders continued to recommend grants.

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Got Grants? Finding Funding with the Foundation Center: Webinar Recap

Tech Soup

View the archived recording of the Got Grants? On September 6, 2012, TechSoup held a free webinar with two guest presenters from The Foundation Center. George Ford gave an overview and tour of the Foundation Directory Online , including tips for finding funding to match your organization’s mission and location.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. This typically resulted in about 900-1,300 funders represented and 100-150k grants collected in a given year.

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Women in the nonprofit sector: Underrepresented, underpaid, underfunded, but making progress 

Candid

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. The power of small grants and deep listening to fund the unfundable. was Boston Womens Fund.