Candid insights

Recently, Candid’s Inga Ingulfsen and Suzanne Coffman spoke with Julie Broome, director of the European human rights network Ariadne, and Ana María Enríquez, executive director of the global Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN), about the effect the coronavirus pandemic is…

Candid gets you the information you need to do good. One way our team works toward this mission is by developing capacity-building trainings and workshops focused on fundraising, organizational sustainability, and leadership and management for our community of nonprofits. How are you? In early March…

As we manage the COVID-19 pandemic and periods of social isolation, organizations are pressing pause on any physical events and enhancing their digital engagement. During this time, it is important to figure out how supporters are coming to know your…

It’s been awhile since I last updated you on what’s going on at Candid. Like you, we have been adjusting to life during a pandemic. All of Candid’s physical offices have been closed since Tuesday, March 17. Although working 100 percent virtually…

The world is dealing with a crisis of monumental proportions. The novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the globe, destroying lives and ruining livelihoods. The primary cost of the pandemic as calculated in the loss of human life is distressing,…

As we start another month of social distancing and working from home for the forseeable future, the immediate crisis has begun to feel somewhat routine. For some nonprofits, this is a period of non-stop action serving on the frontlines of…

Philanthropy's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has surpassed $10 billion (USD). To put this unprecedented commitment of institutional and individual philanthropy in perspective, the U.S. total alone of more than $6 billion is, according to Candid’s figures, more than double the entire…

The fight to save our planet should be about ensuring a long and sustainable future — for everyone. However, as the coronavirus has spread across America, it has laid bare the harsh inequities in American society. The inequities have surfaced…

Candid, Common Impact, and Good360 came together during a webinar on April 29, 2020, to provide advice on how nonprofits can leverage corporate and philanthropic relationships to access monetary donations, external expertise, and in-kind gifts. This post rounds up some…

#GivingTuesdayNow, a day to address the extraordinary need the coronavirus  pandemic has created, is here. Today people across the globe are acting, in GivingTuesday's words, “to create a wave of generosity, citizen engagement, action from business and philanthropy, and support…

"Fit for the future: Can we emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis?" is reprinted from Alliance magazine. Civil society was not ready for COVID-19. ... Benjamin Bellegy (WINGS), Chris Worman (TechSoup), and Lysa John (CIVICUS) discuss the investments needed in civil…

As COVID-19 spreads globally and in the United States, corporations and their foundations are stepping up with funding to meet the needs of individuals and vulnerable populations impacted by the virus. The "quick-hit" roundup below captures some of the corporate…