Candid

MARCH 12, 2024

By designing practices based on this principle, grantmakers can drive the sector’s collective impact in advancing equity. As I noted in the Journal , “Advancing equity and improving grant practices are complementary, and we must be unified in challenging the community to act on anything that helps advance racial equity.”

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

philanthropic sector overall responded with a heightened commitment to racial equity. billion have been awarded to advance racial equity since 2020. The importance of data Data helps make the case for increased investments in racial equity. The report, citing Candid data, exposed vast funding disparities, with just 0.2%

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Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

Candid’s DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) commitment statement provides general guidelines and insights as to how the organization supports, prioritizes, and maintains an inclusive work environment that fosters a sense of belonging and trust. We incorporate equity, inclusion, and respect for diverse perspectives in all our work.

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MNA Association

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In 2021 MNA staff and board made a commitment to center belonging and equity within our organization and in our work. We are committing now to sharing our DEIJ work through a blog, which we are calling Building Belonging, about how MNA is embedding DEIJ into our work. And that brings us to our invitation today.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Expanding Equity: Inclusion & Belonging Guidebook , by the W.K. Discover the four steps Race Forward recommends for developing racial equity policies, practices, and cultures and use their toolkit’s resources to help you put them in place at your organization.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

To overcome these challenges, Candid, in coalition with a growing number of partners , set out to build a demographic data-led movement to meaningfully and measurably advance equity in the social sector. He emphasized why it is vital that technology providers find ways to support this movement to advance equity in the social sector.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Supreme Court’s ruling last June against race-conscious admissions in higher education, we were concerned that the decision could lead to further limitations on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts across the sector. Highsmith The post Protecting the right to give according to our values appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We spoke with partners who benefited from the GMS integration to better understand their giving portfolio and their objectives related to equity. Register here for Collective power: Using data in your equity journey on March 12, featuring keynote remarks from Dr. Akilah Watkins, president and CEO, Independent Sector.

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MNA Association

JANUARY 22, 2024

While much of our conversations regarding compensation were business as usual, one piece was new for December 2023 – presenting staff with MNA’s draft compensation equity policy. This blog post is nowhere near enough space to detail the steps we took to get from zero to complete. Do we value performance? Continuing education?

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Kellogg Foundation  This guidebook offers a roadmap for those looking to make progress on the path towards racial equity. The report also highlights three climate philanthropy practices that will be especially important in the decade ahead: investing in early efforts, collaborating for progress, and prioritizing equity.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Over more than a quarter-century, it has distributed more than $400 million across “impact-screened” investments in municipal bonds, private equity, and exchange-traded funds—all of which continue to return market-rate profits. The post Impact investing: Catalyzing systemic change appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Candid

JULY 22, 2021

Scott’s equity-oriented approach is also evident when analyzing grante e s based on the populations they serve. For example, we found that 87 recipients (nearly one- third of her grantees) have a specific focus on racial equity. In addition, addressing equity and economic mobility have been common themes throughout.

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Candid

OCTOBER 13, 2022

To better deliver on our mission, and help you more easily find articles on foundation transparency, we have consolidated our funders’ content from Transparency Talk, the former GlassPockets blog, into Candid’s Blog. Top 5 GlassPockets blogs for funder s. Invitation Only: Closing the Door to Equity?

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Affnetz

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In 2015, Vu Le, the writer of the ‘NonprofitAF’ blog, published an article that expressed what the nonprofit world had been experiencing for decades. For instance, imagine a nonprofit dedicated to promoting racial equity. Its core objective?

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MNA Association

MARCH 26, 2024

This book came to mind as I found myself thinking about my continued journey to become a leader who centers equity and belonging. Equity Reaction I am tired of hearing everyone talk about equity. Questions & Feedback Have a question or feedback about this blog or MNA’s DEI efforts? Thank you.

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Candid

APRIL 19, 2023

If you found these videos helpful to your work, you can learn more from the guide, Centering equity and justice in climate philanthropy. The post Climate justice in the field: An interview with the Hive Fund appeared first on Candid Blog. But it does not have to be that way.

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Candid

JULY 1, 2021

Candid ha s been tracking racial equity funding for a decad e , but this recent philanthropy response was staggering. In this blog, we identify three current challenges we’ve encountered in tracking corporate pledges and offer a call to action for future corporate giving. . What are corporate pledges?

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 13, 2023

We want you to get to know our consultants better, and we’re launching a new series of blog posts to feature some of our most talented consultants. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion specializes in training, facilitation, and qualitative research. I would center equity at the heart of the nonprofit sector. that you may have.

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Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

Mitchell explained that it was important for Fluxx to participate in the collaboration to actualize their own commitment to equity by reducing the burden on grantees. The post Reimagining grantmaking with data collaboration at scale appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

In response to the simultaneous global pandemic and racial equity movement, philanthropy committed to act with urgency to better support nonprofit partners, as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the impacts of these dual events. Pledges were made to reduce barriers, shift power, and engage in more equitable funding practices.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As Candid moves to more proactively promote equity in the broader social sector, we also continue to reflect on what our own role might be in supporting that effort. The post Removing cost as a barrier to nonprofit training appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

Equity in communications work, de-centering whiteness, being more inclusive. What else should be on this list for us to consider for our 2022 training and blogging schedule? Social media (including Instagram Stories, LinkedIn, and Twitter), gaining followers, engagement, and advertising on social platforms.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Instead, it’s a tool for informing actions that advance funders’ institutional goals around diversity, equity, and inclusion—and thereby reducing funding disparities. Read this blog to learn more about TCE’s analysis and how these changes benefit the majority of their grantees. Collecting demographic data can lead to meaningful change.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

There are many peaks and valleys on the road to gender and racial equity, but we will get there—together. Photo credit: mixetto via Getty Images The post Empowering grassroots organizations: building capacity, diversity, and relationships appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2023

But some expressed uncertainty about the long-term sustainability of this funding: “A lot of foundations [and] a lot of corporations threw a lot of dollars, especially in the beginning of the pandemic after the George Floyd incident, behind diversity, equity, and inclusion. I just don’t think the trend will stay within two years.”

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Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

3) Keep equity front and center Technology generally has a tendency to exacerbate inequities, as those who have been historically marginalized often don’t have the resources or capacity to fully benefit. The post Harnessing generative AI for good appeared first on Candid Blog. This equally applies to technology.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Regardless of the funding priority—equity, economic mobility, safer communities—service is a powerful means to achieve those ends. The post Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency appeared first on Candid Blog. But grantmakers need not create a new program to fund youth service programs, noted Weatherford.

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CNPE

JANUARY 6, 2023

A guest blog post by Pamela Darnall, CEO of Family & Children's Place. . As the CEO of Family & Children’s Place, I am committed to our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts Our strategic goals include ensuring our entire culture – how we operate – is shaped by thought leadership in diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Candid

MARCH 13, 2024

Candid’s Insights team seeks to leverage the data we collect to increase knowledge about the scope, equity, economics, and impact of the social sector. The post Black leadership and Black experiences in the social sector appeared first on Candid Blog. And do factors such as board demographics or Black population served play a role?

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Candid

JULY 11, 2023

Given that successful philanthropy requires relationships of trust and mutuality, we strongly encourage funders to consider how the following trust-based values can inform your approach to using and seeking demographic data: Work for systemic equity. But advancing equity goes much deeper than checking a demographic box and writing a check.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate. These searches tend to focus on narrow, high-profile issues, such as Covid-19 or racial equity. The post Five myths and misconceptions about Candid’s grant data appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

With Demographics via Candid, donors reduce the data request burden on their nonprofit grantees while gleaning more insights into their grantmaking portfolios and the progress they’re making on their own priorities to advance equity in the sector.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Interrogating how legacy social media platforms and their harmful content policies impact nonprofit communications, organizing, and fundraising can lead us to prioritize equity and safety when moving to new platforms—or choosing to stay on existing ones. Inclusive digital strategy and digital equity are important to me personally.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 30, 2022

Job site ThisWay will donate $1 for every job posted up to $1 million donated to Creating Healthier Communities to advance health equity. If enough people click on this link , I'll do a blog post or Zoom call sharing my thoughts. Folks, the possibilities for cause marketing are really endless. Marketing Your Cause 1.

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Candid

JULY 18, 2023

What this means for today’s social sector The ability of Giving Pledgers as well as non-pledgers—like those represented in the 25 biggest givers of 2022—to pick winners and create competition for funding comes just as the social sector has begun the long and necessary march toward equity and access.

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2023

Foster a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into the fabric of your organizational culture is paramount for today’s nonprofits. The post 15 nonprofit books to inspire your New Year’s resolutions  appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 12, 2023

For example, Teach for America’s mission statement explains that the organization “finds, develops, and supports equity-oriented leaders—individually and in teams—so they can transform education and expand opportunity with children, starting in the classroom.” Organize your navigation and content in a logical way. Search bar.

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