Candid insights

Dig into data on the nonprofit workforce to learn why its workers are in need of financial support to be able to make ends meet in their own lives while working to improve those of others.

Learn about the newest version of the Philanthropy Classification System (PCS), and how community input shaped Candid’s updated taxonomy to offer a fuller and more robust picture of the organizations that make up the social sector.

Learn what intermediary organizations are, the role they play in advancing equity in the sector, and how funders can best support intermediaries’ work to provide vital infrastructure for today’s nonprofits and causes.

To help nonprofits safely and responsibly benefit from latest tech, learn how a new breed of platforms combine AI-powered smart search and Candid data to make grant prospecting and writing easier, faster, and more effective.

Find out why Nebraska ranks among the top five states for per capita funding for nonprofits, including how a Midwestern culture of giving and billionaire Warren Buffett’s altruistic influence factor in.

Committed to using the latest technology for good, we’ve launched Candid labs—a destination that offers a way for people in the sector to access, try out, and help us refine our newest product innovations and capabilities—including Candid’s AI-powered LOI writer for nonprofits.

Read these seven books for activists and donors to get inspired to make a difference in your community and discover the many ways beyond donating that you can give back to the causes you care about this Giving Season.

Learn what it creating a culture of DEI requires in practice based on learnings and insights from the Ford Foundation’s journey to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into the cultural fabric of their grantmaking organization.

Learn how autonomists are redefining nonprofit work and why today’s highly skilled professionals are opting out of the traditional 9-5 workplace in favor of doing their own independent, project-based work in the social sector.

Discover what collaborative data makes possible and reveals about charitable giving trends and shifts in the U.S. across both individual donors and institutional funders in the 2024 report, Dollars and Change, created in partnership with and published by Candid, GivingTuesday, and Network for Good.

Discover what community-centric fundraising is, its 10 principles, and why this equity-centered movement–grounded in the lived experiences of BIPOC fundraisers–is vital to shaping a better future for philanthropy, nonprofits, and the communities they serve.