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Compensation in the new age: findings from Candid’s 2022 Nonprofit Compensation Report
Candid’s 2022 Nonprofit Compensation Report can help fill in the gaps when it comes to benchmarking compensation. The report captures the most authoritative and accurate compensation data from close to 88,000 nonprofits based on IRS data. Here we share a couple takeaways from this year’s report.
September 8, 2022
Reframe, commit, and expand: How to meaningfully invest in Black leaders
Despite the need for a significant shift in how philanthropy supports Black leaders and communities, long-term commitments are episodic at best. Echoing Green shares three calls to action for philanthropy to be more just and equitable.
August 18, 2022
Celebrating Black history and Black futures
While recently recognized as a federal holiday in 2021, Black people have long celebrated the historical importance of Juneteenth. From kitchen tables to campuses of Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Juneteenth is well revered in the Black community as…
June 17, 2022
How to master participatory grantmaking by engaging the right voices
Grantmaking is hard, but it’s even harder when you aren’t engaging the voices of people with lived experience. In the video of their recent webinar with Candid, authors Ben Wrobel and Meg Massey provide tangible examples of participatory grantmaking in…
May 17, 2022
Remembering Urvashi
On Monday, May 16, I woke up to the devastating news that Urvashi Vaid had died. A pioneering LGBTQ+ civil rights activist, she leaves behind organizations, books, networks, movements, and ideas that will continue to inspire for decades to come.…
May 17, 2022
Why cultural reimagination must precede DEI initiatives
There are myriad ideas circulating in the current diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) conversation. And for good reason - much needs to be said. And yet, there is much less noise just one layer below - in the realm of…
May 5, 2022
In conversation: using data and education to advance racial equity at MEASURE
On March 13, 2022, Meme Styles, president and founder of MEASURE, joined Candid CEO Ann Mei on the stage at SXSW for their talk: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity (available to watch now on YouTube). Candid's team reached out…
April 6, 2022
The importance of talking about—and collecting data on—race to improve racial equity
Originally published by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). Not so long ago, the word “race” was something that many people shied away from—a four-letter word not to be spoken in polite company. Similarly, “racial equity” and “racial justice” were…
February 7, 2022
Participatory Philanthropy for Individual Donors
Participatory philanthropy is not a new practice in philanthropy and participatory processes have an even longer history dating back centuries, yet contemporary interest in participatory philanthropy has grown significantly over the last few years. As we, at the Effective Philanthropy…
December 8, 2021
Breaking into the nonprofit space as an organization of color
So, you want to break into the nonprofit space as an organization of color? Great, you are in the right place! Word of caution: There is no magical formula. You have to put the pieces together and realize that the…
October 14, 2021
Discomfort is the new black: Six ways nonprofit leaders can support their boards to become more inclusive and diverse
It’s ok. No one is going to shoot darts at your leadership team because you and your board have been asleep at the wheel when it comes to racial equity and diversifying your staff and board membership. As Maya Angelou…
October 12, 2021
What counts as racial equity funding?
Why and how Candid updated our racial equity funding site The nationwide racial reckoning triggered by the 2020 murder of George Floyd has resulted in a dramatic increase in funding for racial equity. Since then, Candid has been evaluating the way we identify this type of giving, both going forward and looking…
September 16, 2021