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Kickstart a successful fundraising year with Candid Seals of Transparency
2024 Candid Seals of Transparency are here. Find out how Candid Seals benefit nonprofits like yours and how to get started earning a Seal to boost your fundraising success this year.
January 23, 2024
Unlocking change: Free access to Candid’s nonprofit resources
Use Candid’s free nonprofit resources and tools to help you find funding, build capacity, stay up-to-date on the social sector, and more.
January 17, 2024
The social sector has a negativity bias. Here’s what you can do about it.
Feeling down about the world you aim to improve? Learn why negativity bias in the nonprofit sector may be to blame and how to protect your well-being while driving impact in your work.
January 10, 2024
Building a nonprofit budget: 4 steps to get started
Get the basics of building a nonprofit budget to support your mission-driven operations.
December 20, 2023
Turning the comms toolkit upside down
Learn about a more efficient and effective approach to creating a nonprofit comms toolkit to support the launch of key campaigns and initiatives.
December 14, 2023
Tips for remote interns
In this blog, Candid’s remote interns share helpful advice and tips for working from home at a nonprofit.
December 12, 2023
Building a culture of nonprofit compliance at Candid
Candid’s contracts and compliance manager shares first-hand learnings and advice for building a culture of nonprofit compliance.
November 29, 2023
Increasing efficiency in grant reporting
Learn Candid’s approach to streamlining our grant reporting processes and our vision for reducing the burden that grant reports place on nonprofits today.
November 28, 2023
It’s Giving Season. Here’s how to donate wisely.
Learn how to donate wisely and ensure your charitable giving goes towards making a difference this Giving Season and beyond.
November 21, 2023
Turn your season of giving into a season of gratitude
Build these donor appreciation ideas into your year-end fundraising campaigns to make the most of the season of giving.
November 14, 2023
Lessons learned: Using demographic data to move from intention to action
Find out what collecting and using demographic data from grantees is helping funders to achieve in practice.
November 7, 2023
Nonprofit SEO 101: Make it easy for supporters to find you online
Learn why nonprofit SEO can help boost your online visibility with supporters and how you can put it to work for your organization.
November 2, 2023