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Tips for nonprofits from Candid’s year of TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts 

After a year of creating social media video content at Candid, we reflect on our key learnings and provide tips for other nonprofits looking to share short-form videos on social media.

By Kate Meyers Emery, Ph.D. (she/her) and Promise Pitman (she/her)

September 7, 2023

Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors 

Find out how high-profile, big dollar alumni giving is impacting U.S. philanthropy in higher education and why relationships remain vital for sustaining today’s colleges and universities.

By Daniel X Matz (he/him)

September 6, 2023

How to be efficiently trendy  

Learn about four key fundraising and nonprofit trends in 2023 and where to get latest information on today’s ever-evolving social sector.

By David M. Holmes (he/him)

August 30, 2023

Why we’re all burned out and what to do about it  

Candid’s Cathleen Clerkin PhD explains what burnout is, why it’s rampant in today’s nonprofit sector, and what we can do to combat it.

By Cathleen Clerkin (she/her)

August 29, 2023

When nonprofit strategic planning goes wrong 

In this blog, discover how to avoid four common ways that nonprofit strategic planning can go wrong.

By Preeta Nayak (she/her) and Lindsey Waldron (she/her)

August 23, 2023

AI at Candid: Powering technology to support the sector’s lasting success

Discover how we harness machine learning and AI at Candid today and our vision for how we’ll tap into the power of generative AI to build future solutions that accelerate the social sectors’ mission-driven success.

By David Hollander (he/him)

August 22, 2023

Harnessing generative AI for good

Candid’s CEO shares three guiding principles for assessing the risks and benefits of new technologies, like generative AI and ChatGPT, to ensure they’re adopted responsibly and for the greater good of the social sector.

By Ann Mei Chang (she/they)

August 10, 2023

Candid Data for Academics: Go back to school with better data 

Learn more about Candid Data for Academics, a free nonprofit dataset available to researchers at higher education institutions.

By Cathleen Clerkin (she/her) and Jessica Coughlin (she/her)

August 9, 2023

Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

As extreme weather makes headlines daily, this blog explores whether recent developments in philanthropy may signal a convergence of natural disaster relief and climate change action.

By Daniel X Matz (he/him)

August 2, 2023