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We often hear that nonprofits are nonpartisan, and it’s true that U.S. tax law prohibits public charities—which make up the bulk of the nonprofit sector in the United States—from supporting or opposing specific political candidates or parties. Of course, it…

History has shown that presidential election years can equate to big giving years for some nonprofits. In particular, organizations whose agendas counter those of the winning candidate can end up receiving a drastic spike in giving. For example, the ACLU,…

As part of our continued effort to track the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on nonprofit employment recovery, we have analyzed data from the latest BLS Employment Situation Report to estimate nonprofit job losses through September 2020. How did nonprofits…

A new report shows that most U.S. charities have received at least one grant from a donor-advised fund (DAF). The report also finds that most—including those that have received gifts from a DAF—have concerns about these philanthropic vehicles. Published October…

The most recent data available show that the nonprofit sector employs 12.4 million workers, 10.2 percent of the U.S. workforce overall, at an average wage of $53,367 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2019). The sector employs more than 15 percent of the…

Candid began tracking philanthropic gifts for COVID-19 funding on February 3, 2020—two weeks after the Centers for Disease Control confirmed the first U.S. case and as evidence of the pandemic’s disastrous scale was mounting. Recently, in partnership with the Center…

Just when I thought I’d figured out a survival strategy for this pandemic-slammed, economically bleak, racially charged, wildfire-ravaged, election-crazed year, an acrimonious firefight has begun over the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. With Senate Majority…

Today Candid published the 2020 Nonprofit Compensation Report, the 20th edition in this annual series. The report remains the only large-scale examination of nonprofit executive compensation based entirely on IRS data. This year’s report analyzes fiscal year end 2018 compensation…

Foundations and nonprofits exist to make a better world. The racial equity conversation in the United States has led to a new round of questions about how they contribute to that better world. How much philanthropic capital is directed to…

Despite a partial recovery of the U.S. economy from the recent pandemic, new data released today by the U.S. Bureau Labor Statistics suggests that nonprofit employment is still down by an estimated nearly 1 million jobs compared to where it stood in February 2020,…

When COVID-19 reached the pandemic stage, questions started coming into Candid at a pace we had never seen before. At their peak, inquiries to our online librarians increased 390 percent. “Where can my organization find funding to help us meet…

When the coronavirus (COVID-19) struck in March and public libraries nationwide shut down, we wondered what effect it would have on our 400+ strong network of Funding Information Network partners (FIN). When would they reopen? Would our FIN leads be laid…