Candid

MAY 2, 2024

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. Here are our top three takeaways. ii About 19% of organizations in our dataset have both a leader and a co-leader. appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofits 118

Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In this blog, we’ll dive into why social media sharing is useful on GivingTuesday and a great way to encourage generosity. That way, followers know they are helping you reach new audiences (and therefore more supporters). We need your help to advance our work and fulfill our mission. Explain why this is important.

Activism 115

Activism Communication Nonprofits 115

Candid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Today, Candid released our latest research manual, Analyzing Candid’s demographic data. As a result of our Demographics via Candid efforts, this number has increased significantly over the past two years. Data is only useful if people understand how to look at and interpret it. Over 62,000 U.S.

Race and Ethnicity 111

Race and Ethnicity Nonprofits 111

Beth Kanter

JANUARY 3, 2024

Daily Walking Reflection I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions because they don’t offer an opportunity for reflection. Rituals can boost our personal productivity because they allow us to focus and reach our goals without distraction. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

Ethics 57

Ethics Production Nonprofits Nonprofit Capacity 57

Candid

JUNE 12, 2023

But no, we were just celebrating the release of new 990s. Candid uses 990 data as a starting place for our nonprofit profiles and grantmaking databases. Moreover, our latest numbers suggest that not only do we now finally have comprehensive 990 data for 2020…we have it for 2021 as well ! Or maybe there was a landing on Mars.

Foundations 111

Foundations Philanthropy Nonprofits 111

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Are you looking to get the most out of your Content Marketing efforts? Check out these trends and make use of the new technologies that can help you do just that. For us, it’s finding the latest technologies and platforms to make our lives easier and trends of how the consumer’s needs are switching.

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Marketing Marketing Technology Management 144

Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Much like a developing human, our data collections have gotten bigger over time (see chart below), undergone developmental changes, and experienced the associated growing pains. To celebrate 21 years i of grantmaking data, we’re taking a look back at how far we’ve come and how we’ve evolved over the years.

Governance 98

Governance Foundations Philanthropy Associations 98

Selfish Giving

AUGUST 24, 2022

A new month! A new season! Before publishing any more new content, I thought it might be helpful to review what I've written this summer to make sure you haven't missed anything that could be helpful! Let's steal from Mother Theresa for our partnership marketing. If I look at the one, I will.'

Marketing 130

Marketing Marketing Foundations Food 130

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 3, 2023

Let’s explore how you can promote your social impact organization to new target audiences, all through digital marketing. One of the best ways to get your content in front of new audiences is by collaborating with nonprofit influencers with significant viewership. Purpose (professional networking, lifestyle posting, blogging, etc.).

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Marketing Marketing Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 197

Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Nonprofit organizations are always looking for ways to increase the impact of their work. Collect data from as many clients as possible Our research showed that it is essential to collect survey responses from as broad and representative a sample of your client population as possible. Is a 4 on a 5-point scale typical or superlative?

Organizational Change 128

Organizational Change Nonprofits Poverty Retention 128

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

We have ideas for newsletters, social media, blog posts, and more. These writing ideas for February come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Save the doom and gloom news for another day. Share what you are most looking forward to and help others see the bright side. 2/2: Groundhog Day.

Nonprofits 77

Nonprofits Culture Marketing Marketing 77

Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

An active field of research in the 1960s, machine learning is now deeply embedded in our daily lives—from receiving recommended products while we’re online shopping to Google helping us autocomplete our emails. In this blog, I will first explain how Candid currently harnesses the power of AI technologies in our data and tools.

Technology 98

Technology Production Activism Philanthropy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

3 It is a dream that has no grounding in our economic reality of growing inequality, 4 and it is a promise that has never extended to Black Americans and Indigenous peoples, who have systemically been denied opportunities through the United States government’s own decrees and legislation.

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Philanthropy Foundations Culture Public and Social Policy 102

Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

Generative AI has captured our collective imagination and will likely transform the world as we know it. While the tech sector pours in tens of billions in a race for dominance and future profits, how should nonprofits and philanthropists be thinking about our role? But these should nevertheless serve as a cautionary tale.

Technology 98

Technology Healthcare Environmental Education 98

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

She also shares valuable tips for nonprofits looking to navigate the world of social media, including the benefits of embracing new platforms and the importance of demonstrating value to skeptics within the organization. And we took a lot of inspiration from that.

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Nonprofits Marketing Marketing Values 57

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Auburn, AL BREAKING NEWS: Mixed Links will be moving to our community soon! This week we have AI platforms and policies, social media engagement benchmarks for nonprofits, blog post ideas, bizsplaining, and more. Looking for social media engagement benchmarks? I make no such promises) Not sure what to blog about?

Marketing 85

Marketing Marketing Nonprofits Communication 85

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Are you looking to redesign your website? Check out our tips. Before proceeding with your redesign, you need to understand how your website looks. Stage New Site Offline. According to Digital8, an SEO company in Brisbane , when running your redesign, Google crawlers are not to find the new site yet.

Entrepreneurship 140

Entrepreneurship Technology Activism Marketing 140

Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

The strategic planning process is a rare chance for a nonprofit’s leaders to step back and look at their organization and its activities as a whole—to understand what success looks like and to allocate time, talent, and dollars to the activities that can help achieve it. What new systems or capabilities will we need to build or buy?

Nonprofits 98

Nonprofits Activism Culture Leadership 98

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 16, 2023

Are you looking to grow your website traffic? It can be particularly useful for individuals or businesses managing multiple social media accounts and looking to streamline their social media content creation process. Here’s what it looks like. Sign up for our social media marketing course and take control of your brand.

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Marketing Marketing Management Nonprofits 98

Candid

MAY 13, 2024

In the United States, philanthropic collaboratives—entities that either pool or channel resources from multiple donors to nonprofits— collectively directed between $2 billion and $3 billion to a variety of grantees in 2021, and our research indicates that figure has grown since then.

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Collaborations Poverty Philanthropy Children 59

Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

At Candid, our mission is to get you the information you need to do good. In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate. The chart below shows how the percentage of our data sources shift as more 990 data comes in. based foundations.

Foundations 111

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

You’ve heard many (many) times that all your nonprofit’s blog and site content should be optimized to drive traffic. But when you’re lean on resources and human power, just producing blog posts and updating your website feels like a miracle, never mind SEO or a content strategy. Search Engine Optimization. But you can change that.

Environmental 103

Environmental Nonprofits Food Values 103

Beth Kanter

JANUARY 2, 2023

Our family has several New Year’s rituals, including a nature hike. Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things.

Nonprofits 72

Nonprofits Production Activism Philanthropy 72

Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

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. From old school donations to a new school of megagifts Getting your name on the side of a building is, as they say, old school.

Universities 98

Universities Education Education Children 98

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JUNE 19, 2023

Best AI Blog Title Generator Tools for Writing Better Headlines Start Writing Better Headlines with these AI Blog Title Generator Tools and improve your SEO, Social Media engagement and Email Open rates. Check out our list below. We’re already written an article on How To Create Great Blog Post Titles. Check it out.

Marketing 98

Marketing Marketing Nonprofits 98

Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

However, our task as a sector is about more than survival. Research has found that negatives narrow our vision. Negative emotions and focusing on what hurts create tunnel vision, heightening our ability to zero in on the immediate issue, but making it harder to think about the bigger picture or brighter future.

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iMarketSmart

MAY 1, 2024

If you’ve read our other posts about LinkedIn, you understand that the point of your LinkedIn profile is not to get a job. From our other posts, you have already learned how to upgrade your LinkedIn headline , and what to write in your LinkedIn about section. Now, let’s look at what to put in your LinkedIn experience section.

Finance 52

Finance Philanthropy Activism Fundraising 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is an integral part of digital marketing, where reference is given to the written content and the placement of keywords, which helps the company to bring organic leads, which can further bring new customers and increase their sales number.

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Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Our Foundation Funding for U.S. It is also designed to foster collaboration among funders, help new and prospective funders understand how they can contribute to democracy-related issues, and enable funders to be more strategic in their decision making. democracy with our free data tool appeared first on Candid Blog.

Collaborations 98

Collaborations Foundations Governance Health 98

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

We have ideas for newsletters, social media, blog posts, and more. These writing ideas for May come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Officially marks a day of remembrance for those who have died in military service to our country. Look through Facebook/Instagram/LinkedIn/X, etc.

Health 73

Health Nonprofits Culture Associations 73

Candid

MARCH 28, 2023

While we have several channels for gathering customer feedback, UX research is unique since it is about partnering with our current and prospective users to help us understand and adjust to their needs and motivations during the product development process. Sometimes we encounter unexpected insights or novel ways that people use our products.

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Participation and motivation Production Recruitment Foundations 98

Candid

JULY 13, 2023

There are four major documents that you may need to create if your nonprofit is looking for funding. In this blog, we share the major types of grant proposal documents, their components, and free sample resources to show you what a successful version of each one looks like. Full grant proposals Here’s the big one.

Production 98

Production Foundations Activism Marketing 98

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

We know from our Trends Report research and experience that measuring marketing and communications work is hard. So if you are just starting out with measurement, where should you begin , especially if you are fairly new to comms work or you are the first comms staffer at your nonprofit? How Much New Content Did You Produce?

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Production Communication Marketing Marketing 114

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. Equitable access begins at home Last year, Candid formed a new Equitable Access department to apply a long-term lens to addressing this question.

Nonprofits 105

Nonprofits Energy Foundations Nonprofit Management 105

Candid

JULY 12, 2022

Instead of starting a new organization, you may want to consider working with an existing 501(c)(3) public charity under a formal arrangement known as fiscal sponsorship. Our blog, What types of nonprofits can use fiscal sponsorship? . Our free on-demand training, What You Need to Know About Fiscal Sponsorships .

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Associations Foundations Activism 98

Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Forward-looking nonprofit organizations know that leveraging data is key to determining where a community’s unmet needs are, securing resources to address those needs, and advocating for more effective policies. Almost two years later, our ongoing surveys show food insecurity is prevalent across all age groups.

Governance 59

Governance Food Health Collaborations 59

The Volunteer Hub

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

To gain a comprehensive understanding of what your experience should look like, and what to look for when evaluating software, it’s vital to consider how a software provider prioritizes your success. Look for a software provider who prioritizes your success and has processes in place to help you succeed.

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