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Where are the 2019 (and 2020) 990s? On filling the gaps in Candid’s grants data

Candid

To date, there are still millions of returns from 2019 that have not yet been processed. COVID-19 has exacerbated the problem, especially for 2019 and 2020 data. As the charts below illustrate, we’re far from having comprehensive data for 2019, let alone 2020. This year, another factor is in play: backlogs created by COVID-19.

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Is There Racial Bias in Awarding Federal Grants?

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2019 , Ginther et al., Or, to say that another way, the issues Black scientists most want to address appeared to hold the least value for those awarding NIH grants. Women and racial minorities were far less likely to be experienced in the grants process, or to win grant awards. 2016 , Ginther et al.,

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Foundation funding by state: Where do grant dollars come from and where do they go? 

Candid

Foundations award billions of dollars in grants across the United States each year. The dashboards’ maps and graphs show grant dollars from two complementary perspectives: funding awarded to nonprofits in each state, and funding awarded by private and community foundations based in each state. Ready to jump in?

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Cornerstone Montgomery

RBW Strategy

Challenge RBW Strategy first partnered with 2019 to support a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant application. RBW Strategy’s support has led to additional new grant awards with an expanded number of funders, as well as additional federal grants since the original SAMHSA collaboration back in 2019.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

upon 12 data sources, t he report documented $30 billion in private, public, corporate, and individual disaster-related giving to address major disasters and humanitarian crises that affected millions globally in 2019. We’ve included their recommendations below, along with examples from the 2019 analysis of donors who use these tactics. .

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Do Reviewers’ High Scores Predict the Best Grant Projects?

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The overwhelming majority of government grants are awarded by a panel of outside reviewers, including 80% of the grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and over 90% of those awarded by the National Science Foundation or NSF (Bendiscioli, 2019). What other options are there?

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

Big philanthropy’s support of HBCUs declined from 2002 to 2019 An examination of trends in philanthropic giving to HBCUs underscores a history of underfunding. foundations steadily decreased their support of HBCUs, in terms of both percentage of total giving and grant dollars awarded. In fact, large U.S.

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