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Disaster Response

More Than a Shortcut: How Fiscal Sponsorship Helps Disaster Recovery

When a hurricane, wildfire, or flood tears through a community, the people best positioned to help are sometimes the least [...]

September 9, 2026| 4 min Read

Grantee Partnerships

Joy as a Resilience Strategy: Building Stronger Grantmaking Infrastructure through Joy

July 28, 2026| 7 min Read

Grants Strategy

How to Update Your Grant Application: Five Strategic Considerations

May 12, 2026| 6 min Read

Grantee Partnerships

There is No Algorithm for Trust: What Leading with Trust Really Means Today

March 9, 2026| 4 min Read

Audits

Show Your Auditors Some Love: How to Stay Audit-Ready All Year Long 

March 4, 2026| 4 min Read

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    Audits

    The 10 Most Popular ENGAGE Articles Published in 2022

    Hundreds of ENGAGE articles have been written by outstanding leaders and subject matter experts across the social good community in [...]

    December 19, 2022 | 2 min Read
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    Compliance

    The 990: From Compliance to Communication 

    Only 10% of philanthropic foundations have a website to communicate their work. Here at Candid, we’ve been tracking those statistics [...]

    December 5, 2022 | 5 min Read
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    Grants Strategy

    The Myth of Risk: Fear Not the Dragons, Funders

    I have been on this quest for some time, sharing the message that there is no bad grant. But like [...]

    November 7, 2022 | 5 min Read

     
     
     
     
     
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    Diversity Equity and Inclusion

    Participatory Grantmaking: I’m In! Now What?

    You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding [...]

    October 17, 2022 | 6 min Read

    Grants Strategy

    Collaborative Grantmaking: Rethinking How to Assess Impact

    Traditionally, we think of impact as, “For X cost, the organization will serve Y number of people in Z amount [...]

    September 15, 2022 | 4 min Read
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    Donor Stewardship

    Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do with It?

    In philanthropy, unlike democracy, there is often no way for people to participate–to share what they think or to influence [...]

    September 13, 2022 | 5 min Read
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    Grants Strategy

    How Grantmakers Can Improve Collaboration Through Empathy and Experimentation

    Years ago, I worked on a project where I was hired to interview about 75 different foundations in one state. [...]

    August 9, 2022 | 4 min Read
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    Employee Wellness

    How Grantmakers Can Support Nonprofit Infrastructure Needs: A Conversation with Chantal Forster

    For decades, “infrastructure” referred to the physical and tangible needs of a business or a community. The buildings we work [...]

    July 20, 2022 | 4 min Read
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    Diversity Equity and Inclusion

    3 Focus Areas for Grantmakers Incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    Many funders have made a real effort to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their grantmaking practices, but how [...]

    July 12, 2022 | 4 min Read

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    Leading with Transparency in Grantmaking

    Open, honest, and transparent communication with grantee partners can help minimize power imbalances and help foster a sense of mutual [...]

    June 23, 2022 |24 min Listen
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    Cybersecurity

    4 Lessons From Candid About Balancing Grantee Data Protection and Transparency

    Candid’s mission is to get grantmakers and nonprofits the information you need to do good. But we recognize that data [...]

    June 13, 2022 | 6 min Read

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    Best Practices for Due Diligence in Grantmaking

    Why is due diligence important in grantmaking organizations? The process of satisfying legal requirements impacts many areas within an organization— [...]

    June 3, 2022 |26 min Listen

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    6 Ways Grantmakers Can Embrace Transparency to Foster Stronger Relationships

    Philanthropy has had a history of being notoriously opaque and inaccessible to organizations seeking funding. In my years as a [...]

    May 13, 2022 | 4 min Read

    Audits

    Due Diligence Best Practices for Grantmakers

    Grantmaking is the heart of the private foundation industry and is often the largest expenditure for a foundation. With grant-giving [...]

    April 19, 2022 | 4 min Read
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