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6 Top Tips To Approach Funders
(Including Those Who Are Not Accepting Applications!) Candid’s Senior Director of Development, Aleda Gagarin, shares her development expertise to answer the burning question every fundraiser asks themselves on how to approach funders: Does the grantmaker accept applications and should I…
May 19, 2020
The curb-cut effect, and why race, equity, access, diversity, and inclusion (READI) are even more critical now
"The curb-cut effect, and why race, equity, access, diversity, and inclusion (READI) are even more critical now" is reprinted from Nonprofit AF. Lately, I’ve been getting more notices from colleagues distraught by their board or team saying things like “It’s…
May 18, 2020
Foundations Step Up Funding for COVID-19 Response Efforts (May 1-15, 2020)
As COVID-19 continues to disrupt life in the United States and around the globe, private foundations are stepping up with funding to meet the immediate needs of individuals and vulnerable populations impacted by the virus. Here's a roundup of grants…
May 17, 2020
The growing importance of online advocacy: getting started
As the nonprofit sector and the economy as a whole face unprecedented levels of disruption, planning out your nonprofit’s next campaign can certainly feel daunting. What works in a new virtual environment? What will be engaging for your supporters when…
May 15, 2020
COVID-19’s impact on human rights
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…
May 14, 2020
How Candid listened to and is supporting our community of nonprofits
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…
May 13, 2020
Building a ladder of engagement: how organizations can attract and keep supporters
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…
May 12, 2020
What’s new at Candid (May 2020)
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…
May 11, 2020
Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, the SDGs Are More Relevant Than Ever
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,…
May 10, 2020
5 ways smart nonprofits can soar over COVID-19 and into the future
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…
May 8, 2020
Philanthropy’s response to COVID-19 now more than $10 billion worldwide
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…
May 7, 2020
Stop Excluding People of Color in Environmental Policies
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…
May 6, 2020