Candid insights

To achieve more nonprofit fundraising success, check out Candid’s how-to articles, free resources, data-driven insights, and expert tips to help you boost individual giving, tap into grant funding, and more.

With the rise of generative AI, see where foundations stand on accepting AI-generated grant applications and proposals based on new data-driven insights from Candid.

Learn the key steps that nonprofit boards can take to build an effective funding strategy and why their involvement is critical to nonprofits’ sustainable success based on Bridgespan’s recent research and expertise.

Find out why smaller nonprofits tend to have more diverse boards—and how their board diversity differs from those of larger organizations based on Candid’s demographic data-driven research.

Explore top insights from Candid’s 2024 Nonprofit Compensation Report, including competitive benchmark data for staff and executive pay–and recent trends like top-earning program areas and which employees’ salaries are rising or declining.

Discover three keys for equipping nonprofits with the knowledge and funding to engage in policy advocacy work, so charitable organizations can better lend their voices to championing positive change in the communities they serve.

Lever for Change CEO Cecilia A. Conrad looks back at five years of advancing big bet philanthropy, the practice of making large investments in a nonprofit with the aim of transforming a sector, issue, or organization.

Find out how your nonprofit can conduct market research—without breaking the bank—and why gathering such feedback can be the key to unlocking greater impact, garnering more support, and advancing your organization’s mission.

To support students impacted by COVID-19, discover why partnering with teachers and co-investing in education alongside state governments is key to ensuring students’ future success in the classroom and beyond.

Discover why social innovators play a key role in promoting racial equity in the sector–and how philanthropy can approach investing in and funding social entrepreneurship using Echoing Green’s real-world insights and outcomes.

United Way Worldwide’s Angela F. Williams shares how her network of organizations addresses the affordable housing crisis in the U.S., including by solving for its root causes, providing innovative programs, and forging cross-sector partnerships.

If you’re getting started on a website redesign for your nonprofit, consider these five key steps and best practices to help your team prepare for what a new website project will entail and ensure your efforts result in success.