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How MacKenzie Scott Is Giving Her Money Away

NonProfit Quarterly

Scott’s giving—which consists mostly of unrestricted grants to nonprofits—continues apace, with over $2 billion awarded in 2023. The giving has become more consistent across the categories of recipients, though the individual gift sizes decreased substantially in 2023. ( NPQ was a recipient of a grant from Yield Giving in 2021.)

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Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy

Candid

That data makes its way into various products and services to help: nonprofits find funding; researchers, advocates, and journalists derive insights into what is happening in the sector; and all types of funders to make funding decisions. In Candid’s case, the PCS is one of the key things that makes our data usable.

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Protect Your Nonprofit from the Dip in Donations

Fundraising Coach

According to the Nonprofit Times article : “More troubling is when these numbers are paired with earlier research from the Lilly School that showed just 5.4% According to the Nonprofit Times article : “More troubling is when these numbers are paired with earlier research from the Lilly School that showed just 5.4%

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Five myths and misconceptions about Candid’s grant data

Candid

tax exempt nonprofit organizations must file various Forms 990 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) each year. Candid staff also scan websites, press releases, social media, and news sources for grantmaking information. Myth 1: “Candid grants data” is the same as “990 data.” These forms are a primary source of data about U.S.

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SVB, GPT, and the social sector

Philanthropy 2173

Photo by Bram Van Oost on Unsplash If you’ve been reading the news you know that Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a bank that heavily caters to VC firms and start ups, collapsed and its depositors are being saved by the US Treasury. It’s too soon to know how these things will play out at a sector level. I want to posit two things.

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How do grantmaker CEO salaries compare with other staff? 

Candid

In the last couple decades, news of golden parachutes and the minting of new billionaires has drawn attention to executive compensation practices. Research in the for-profit sector has found that CEOs might make anywhere from six times to six thousand times as much as the median worker.

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Build Authentic Relationships to Shelter Your Nonprofit from the Dip in Donations

Fundraising Coach

According to the Nonprofit Times article : “More troubling is when these numbers are paired with earlier research from the Lilly School that showed just 5.4% According to the Nonprofit Times article : “More troubling is when these numbers are paired with earlier research from the Lilly School that showed just 5.4%