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Black leadership and Black experiences in the social sector
Revisit recent Candid research on Black leadership in the social sector, including a comprehensive analysis of private philanthropy’s support of HBCUs.
March 13, 2024
Why is leadership aspiration down among BIPOC nonprofit staff?
Explore the forces behind decreased leadership aspirations of BIPOC nonprofit staff based on findings from the Building Movement Project’s new Race to Lead report.
March 11, 2024
Looking back at five years of Candid’s demographic data collection
Drawing on five years of historical data collection, we share four key insights about the demographic information of nonprofits’ leadership and staff that’s been shared with Candid.
February 28, 2024
How to gather high-quality nonprofit client feedback
Experts from Listen4Good and Feedback Labs share research-backed best practices for how to gather high-quality nonprofit client feedback to improve programs and achieve greater impact.
February 27, 2024
Have grantmaker salaries kept up with inflation?
In this article, we delve into the data to see whether grantmaker salaries have kept up with inflation between 2019 and 2023.
February 13, 2024
Data to support the relentless pursuit of racial equity
W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Huilan Krenn explains data’s key role in advancing racial equity in philanthropy and how nonprofit demographics unlock real-world progress.
February 6, 2024
Building evidence and innovating programs to reduce disparities in children’s well-being
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Leslie Boissiere shares new research on disparities in child well-being in the U.S. and how innovative programs help reduce child poverty and create brighter futures for all.
January 29, 2024
New year, new social media plan: Using data to inform our strategy
If creating a nonprofit social media plan is top of mind this year, learn how Candid uses data to inform our approach–and how you can do the same.
January 24, 2024
The social sector has a negativity bias. Here’s what you can do about it.
Feeling down about the world you aim to improve? Learn why negativity bias in the nonprofit sector may be to blame and how to protect your well-being while driving impact in your work.
January 10, 2024
Happy New Year? It depends what nonprofit “year” you’re talking about.
Learn about five main types of nonprofit years, what they mean, and how they differ, including fiscal year, calendar year, tax form year, and more.
January 3, 2024
Highlights from Candid’s most popular philanthropic resources in 2023
Revisit some of last year’s most popular philanthropic resources from Candid’s Issue Lab.
January 2, 2024
Making meaning of Candid’s free demographic data set
Learn how to conduct research using our free demographic data set of over 62,000 nonprofits that’ve shared their data with Candid.
December 6, 2023