Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

Meme: MEASURE works to use data and education to mobilize communities to fight structural racism and eliminate social disparities. Meme: In 2019, we used the CARE Model to launch the award-winning Innocence Initiative. Candid's team reached out to Meme recently to learn more about the work MEASURE is doing in Austin, TX.

Education

Blackbaud

JULY 30, 2024

The Challenge The 2025 enrollment cliff is real and more than a demographic blip: it’s a siren of profound changes in higher education. According to the National Center for Education Statistics , students older than 25 accounted for 23% of the undergraduates who enrolled in the U.S. in fall 2022 and that number is growing.

Education

Blue Avocado

APRIL 20, 2021

Part 1: Innovation is Iterative In 2019, I came to Lost Valley Education and Event Center (LVEC), first as a student for the Holistic Sustainability Semester (HSS), one of LVEC’s programs, and then began employment as LVEC’s bookkeeper, with no prior training in the craft other than management of my own finances and experience with […].

Training

iGrantWriters

DECEMBER 20, 2021

For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768), or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.Â

Education

Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

It’s similar to how calling someone “a natural” can inadvertently undermine the years of training and education people have gone through to achieve their skillset. The label of being “illiterate” unfairly blames the individual for not having certain skills, rather than confronting the systemic issues that exist around education.

Training

WT Grant Foundation

JULY 13, 2023

In September 2017, the devastating force of Hurricane María destabilized the entirety of the island’s service infrastructure, public education included. Equitably addressing students’ educational needs in a surprisingly heterogeneous school district—the fifth largest in the U.S.—is is complex.

Education

GrantNews

AUGUST 7, 2024

From 2019 to 2020, Black-owned businesses grew by 6,351 firms, or 4.72% – behind Latino or Hispanic (8.19%) and Asian American (5.33%) firms, but ahead of white-owned businesses, which shrunk by 0.9%. These businesses often reinvest in their communities, helping to improve local infrastructure, education, and services.

Grant

GrantNews

MARCH 8, 2024

We aren’t out of the woods yet since rent prices are still 30% higher now than they were in 2019. The purpose of this program is to provide smart homes that have been specially adapted for individuals who were severely injured while in the line of duty, either during training or in combat operations.

Grant

Candid

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Based on 2019-23 data, this report found that nonprofit revenue from DAF gifts grew significantly faster than non-DAF revenue. According to recent research , DAFs are the fastest-growing giving method in the United States, with annual grantmaking increasing 600% over the last decade to $52.2 billion in 2022.

Funding

Grant Training Center

JUNE 27, 2022

Findings of a recent Chronicle of Higher Education survey of faculty stress which surveyed 1,122 faculty members at four-year and two-year institutions around the nation of whom 50% were tenured and the remaining tenure-track, non-tenured, part time and adjunct faculty, revealed the extreme changes in stress levels that faculty underwent.

Grant Writing

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Byte Back is a nonprofit computer skills and career training center located in Washington, D.C. Byte Back was named “One of the Best” nonprofits by the Catalogue for Philanthropy in 2019, 2014, 2018, and 2019. They expanded classes to Baltimore in 2019 after winning CAD $1 million in the TD Ready Challenge.

Training

Blackbaud

AUGUST 14, 2024

Stanford University psychologist Jamil Zaki, PhD , describes empathy as the “psychological ‘superglue’ that connects people and undergirds cooperation and kindness” (The Economist, June 7, 2019). Your team may need some training to help them manage those relationships. We could all use more cooperation and kindness, right?

Management

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Their mission is to reduce the suffering of persons affected by intracranial hypotension or spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak through awareness, education, support, advocacy, and connection. I think the last time we did this event, in 2019, we maybe raised $5k? The Platform.

Metrics

Candid

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Today marks the launch of Candid Learning for Funders , your new destination for field guides, blogs, training, and tools designed to improve the practice of grantmaking. . How we got from GrantCraft to Candid Learning for Funders .

Publishing

Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn has been part of the Qgiv extended family since 2019—we proudly partner to help make a difference in our communities. Do you need a lot of training, or just the basics? In fact, that fundamental training allows me still today to be independent and not to rely on office assistants, and it helps make grant writing a snap.

Grant Writing

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

This strategy helps educate them that you have a lot on tap already and that you won’t be dropping everything to sell poinsettias, publish a cookbook, enter a national contest, or write a letter to a celebrity asking for money (or whatever else they’ve come up with). In order to take on your idea, one of these will have to come off.”

Fundraising

Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

Candid was formed in February 2019 with the merger of GuideStar and Foundation Center. We’ve introduced a full spectrum of educational trainings, guest speakers, and learning opportunities on topics such as implicit bias and the use of pronouns. When did Candid’s DEI journey begin?

Policies Procedures

Fundly

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Example Crowdfunding Campaign for General Community Service This campaign is the Dalat Junior Class of 2019’s Servathon. By partnering with a direct mail provider like GivingMail , you can jumpstart your crowdfunding campaign through personal letters to each and every one of your supporters without any of the hassle. It’s that simple!

Donation

Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This suggests 2023 is likely to join 2022 as another blockbuster year for giving in higher education. In this blog, we’ll explore these evolving philanthropic dynamics and highlight why building and sustaining meaningful relationships with alumni donors remains central in higher education. In fact, last year, alumni giving to U.S.

Education