Candid insights

As data powers the rise of new technology, discover why corporate and philanthropic funders should invest in data equity to avoid exacerbating AI biases and societal inequities that the nonprofit sector is hard at work to address.

Rates of chronic absence have skyrocketed since the pandemic; find out how funders can invest in reversing this troubling trend to ensure kids in the U.S. are able to benefit from regularly going to school.

Funding for women, girls, and gender-expansive people remains under 2% of total philanthropy; discover why more support of feminist movements is critical to creating a more equitable world for all.

Learn how grassroots power building helps advance economic and racial equity in California–and why funders’ long-term partnerships and investments in these community-led efforts are key to unlocking transformational change.

Use Candid’s top nonprofit grant writing tips, expert articles, and free resources to write grant proposals that successfully showcase impact, appeal to funders, and make a compelling case for funding your cause.

Learn how public interest law works to bridge the ‘justice gap’ in the U.S.–and why investing in public interest attorneys plays a key role in serving communities in the greatest need of legal aid.

Understand how today’s donor-advised fund landscape is evolving using five key takeaways from the “2024 DAF fundraising report” and discover recent trends in DAF donors, gifts, revenues, and more.

Check out these five popular Issue Lab reports to access 2024 research and insights from across the social sector on subjects like nonprofit staff diversity, donor-advised funds, AI adoption in grantmaking, and more.

Get insights into racial equity at today’s lean foundations–which operate with little or few staff–to learn where things stand and where progress is still needed based Exponent Philanthropy’s 2024 research report.