Candid

MARCH 28, 2024

Candid began collecting demographic data from nonprofit organizations in July 2019, encouraging them to share information on their leadership, staff, and board members on their nonprofit profiles. Among organizations that did not share demographic data, 65% were unaware that this section of their profile was incomplete.

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Fluxx

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Grantmakers are distributing billions of dollars each year to programs that align to their mission, many with the goal of supporting underrepresented communities and demographics.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 19, 2023

Candid released its free Demographics API to help organizations easily standardize and integrate their demographic data collection. This initiative allows nonprofits to share demographic information one time on their Candid profile, where funders, researchers, donors, and other stakeholders can easily access it.

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Candid

JULY 11, 2023

Demographics via Candid provides an opportunity to address some of these issues and help funders reach and build relationships with organizations that may not be part of their existing networks. But advancing equity goes much deeper than checking a demographic box and writing a check. Center relationships.

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Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

By better understanding the demographic profile of those organizations that are—and are not—receiving funding, we can more closely track if they are representative of the communities they serve and whether they are getting the support they need to deliver on their missions. Introducing Demographics via Candid.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

A lack of standardized demographic data not only hinders our collective work to create a more equitable sector; it also requires nonprofits to take time away from their mission-driven work to respond to disparate requests by funders for this information.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Forecasting tools can help foundations prepare for climate and demographic change, emerging technologies, and threats to democracy. By Eden Stiffman Forecasting tools can help foundations prepare for climate and demographic change, emerging technologies, and threats to democracy.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

When the Supreme Court gutted race-conscious admissions last summer and the American Alliance for Equal Rights followed with a lawsuit against the Fearless Fund, some in the philanthropic sector feared that demographic data had become a potential liability. Listening and addressing barriers But now, I’m not worried.

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Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

Each organization represented an active participant in our growing community of nearly 150 Demographics via Candid partners who have joined us to create more efficient, equitable, and effective grantmaking processes. Demographics via Candid also provided the company with reliable data sources to support deeper analysis.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Here are three key findings from the report and how your nonprofit can begin to overcome the associated hurdles to reaching new demographics to support your cause. The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy released “The Giving Environment: Giving Trends by Race and Ethnicity” report.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Particularly, as many foundations have bolstered their efforts to collect demographic data from grantees, have changes in how we collect that data helped address inequitable funding practices and bring about systems transformation? In 2015, we began asking all grantseekers to provide demographic data. At the W.K.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

Use these donor insights to support your nonprofit’s text-to-give strategies and drive a greater ROI: Donation frequency Donation recency Donation amount Demographics Level of involvement To track these metrics and set your text-to-give campaign up for success, you’ll need the right tools.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2024

As the largest source of nonprofit demographic data, at Candid we’re often asked whether this push has resulted in actual change. For this article, we use our archival demographic data to examine i whether there has been an increase in racial diversity among nonprofit leaders between 2020 and 2023. The answer is…yes and no.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

The stakes are high, but there’s good news: EGA has leveraged the vast reach of Candid’s demographic data to help unlock critical insights for equity in environmental philanthropy. The largest environmental nonprofits are slower to diversify their leadership demographics compared to large nonprofits in general.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 12, 2023

So, how can nonprofits connect with this growing demographic? And the younger the generation, the larger the percentage, with nearly 21% of Gen Z and almost 11% of millennials identifying as LGBTQ+.

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Clairification

OCTOBER 9, 2023

demographic info (name; address; marital status; age; etc.) In other words, where they’ve come from (direct mail; online appeal; website; social or other media; event; peer fundraiser; emergency appeal; volunteer activity; personal introduction; user of services; etc.), and other ways they may be connected to your cause.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 31, 2023

As the demographics shift, younger generations require more personal and causal connections for their philanthropy. For this reason, Giving Tuesday has become ineffective. Here is how organizations can position themselves to encourage donors to give year-round.

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Candid

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Pivoting to find a better way In the leadup to launching Demographics via Candid this year, the request came in for a fully baked, pre-launch toolkit. One grantmaker association even worked with us to craft a bespoke, five-email campaign to encourage their members to sign on to Demographics via Candid.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

One such initiative is Demographics via Candid , a national campaign to address the surge of interest in nonprofit demographic data. At Candid we refer to this as “lightly restricted funding”—funding for the strategic programs we already have planned and budgeted, so that the grants we receive are budget-relieving.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 29, 2022

They explore how nonprofits should analyze data and trends in giving, as well as exploring a nonprofit's donor segments and demographics in order to better engage donors.

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GrantNews

MAY 7, 2024

Targeted Demographics – Use demographics to know your audience and how best to serve them. ” If the answer is yes, then cater your message to speak persuasively to that demographic. Presence – Your online presence is important in spreading your message.

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Professional Grant Writers

JULY 18, 2023

All nonprofits and their programs should track basic demographics of clients that participate in their programs at a bare minimum. More and more. The post Use data to strengthen your grant writing appeared first on Professional Grant Writer.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 7, 2023

Golf fundraisers give sponsors unique exposure to a highly-desirable, affluent demographic. At the core of a golf tournament’s fundraising power are sponsorships. On average, golfers have a higher than average net worth and household income.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Demographic data in the sector is still hard to come by, and many nonprofits simply do not collect or share demographic data about their board, executive team, or staff members. This year alone, I’ve calculated 15 different operationalizations of “BIPOC-led,” suggested by various partners, and based on Candid’s demographic dataset.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 17, 2024

With increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in recent years, more funders are asking for the specific demographics of the populations served by nonprofits. While there are many challenges in reporting demographic data, understanding and communicating the differences in race, ethnicity, and nationality is the first step.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 13, 2023

Even better, the golfer donor represents an affluent, influential demographic that you want represented in your organization’s donor database. Fundraising boils down to two simple things: finding new donors and keeping existing ones. Great news—golf tournaments are avenues to successfully do both!

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Assel Grant Services

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

With increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in recent years, more funders are asking for the specific demographics of the populations served by nonprofits. While there are many challenges in reporting demographic data, understanding and communicating the differences in race, ethnicity, and nationality is the first step.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is making a bold and public move to use Candid’s GuideStar profile and demographic survey to track data from grant applicants and recipients. At the same time, there is an increased call for organizations to be transparent about the demographic makeup of our grantees.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Melissa’s Donor Look-alike Report provides demographic elements to help you focus on your ideal target audience and reach more donors just like your best ones. Simply upload your file — we’ll analyze it, match specific criteria to your records and send you the results.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 22, 2022

Melissa’s Donor Look-alike Report provides demographic elements to help you focus on your ideal target audience and reach more donors just like your best ones. Simply upload your file - we’ll analyze it, match specific criteria to your records and send you the results.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Better understand the core demographics and interests of your donors. Learn which personality types are your best and worst donors and how to tailor content to them. Visualize the usefulness of targeting different geographic areas. See how your model performs. Obtain 9 easy-to-implement Action Tips. And much more.

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Candid

MARCH 21, 2022

This information is collected alongside staff and board demographic data via nonprofit profiles. What’s new is that the information shared in the Equity Strategies section of a nonprofit’s Demographic Profile on Candid is now used as part of determining an organization’s DEI score.

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

As we experience an ongoing shift toward equity-centered grantmaking, some foundations are seeking demographic data on their grantees and nonprofit communities to track, measure, and make informed decisions about the diversity within their grantmaking portfolios.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 9, 2022

Melissa’s Donor Look-alike Report provides demographic elements to help you focus on your ideal target audience and reach more donors just like your best ones. Simply upload your file - we’ll analyze it, match specific criteria to your records and send you the results.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Currently, over 80,000 organizations have earned a Seal, and over 34,000 have provided demographic data. . Given the surge in demand for this information, Candid decided to incorporate demographic data into the Seals requirements.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2022

Candid, in turn, has the most comprehensive database about the social sector, including leadership demographics (the current demographic dataset includes 36,000+ organizations). Founded in 1971, ABFE has organized, advocated, and strategized on behalf of Black people inside and outside philanthropy. About the research .

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Candid

MAY 2, 2022

Candid and the Center collaborated to encourage Center members to update their profiles with enough information to earn a Gold Seal, which requires organizations to share demographic information about their leadership. They also received a downloadable file of all the demographic data available in GuideStar. .

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