article thumbnail

Community foundations’ grantmaking exceeded fundraising in FY 2023 

Candid

The results of the Council on Foundations latest CF Insights Annual Survey , which tracks community foundation activity in fiscal year 2023, present a mixed picture: The U.S. Among the 228 community foundations included in both the 2022 and 2023 surveys, the median increase in grantmaking was 10%, despite a median drop of 3% in fundraising.

article thumbnail

2024 holiday wish list: nonprofit edition

Candid

According to Candids 2023 survey, 90% of respondents awarded unrestricted funding in 2021 and 2022, allocating about 30% of overall grant dollars to GOSbut definitions of GOS and ways of tracking varied greatly by foundation. Yet, nonprofits still struggle to secure general operating support (GOS).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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?

article thumbnail

How Government Grants Are Changing Grant-Making Policies

GrantNews

Billions of dollars in Federal grants are awarded each year for programs and projects that benefit the public. To illustrate, On January 5, 2023, the bipartisan supported Food Donation Improvement Act (FDIA) was signed into law. In truth, this is one of the many reasons GrantWatch lists grants for nonprofits and businesses alike.

article thumbnail

How does grantmaker CEO compensation compare with grantmaking? 

Candid

i For every grant dollar awarded, CEOs are paid a median 4¢ At nearly all the private foundations that responded to the COF survey, the ratio of CEO cash compensation to annual grantmaking was very small. In 2023, the median ratio for our sample was 0.04, meaning that for every $1 the organization granted, the CEO received compensation of 4¢.

article thumbnail

Scott Resumes Giving Away Millions In Large Chunks

The NonProfit Times

Coastal Enterprises in Brunswick, Maine received $25 million, the Nonprofit Finance Fund was awarded $22 million, and Craft3 in Seattle announced it received $15 million. Scott’s Yield Giving earlier this year awarded $640 million to 361 organizations for work with people in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States.

article thumbnail

What nonprofits want: Support for capacity building and collective impact

Candid

Since late 2023, weve been talking with community members about how, together, we could make Kansas City a national model for equitable economic mobility. Thats why, from its inception, Collective Impact has been a two-tier funding opportunity that awards planning funding separately from implementation funding.