How to Use Data to Reduce Your Direct Mail Marketing Costs
With the rise of mailing costs coupled with worldwide fundraising competition for every cent, your nonprofit organization can’t afford to [...]
Amplifying Female Voices: Strategies for Equitable and Inclusive Grantmaking
Like many diversity efforts, including women’s voices in grantmaking decisions—particularly women from historically marginalized groups—doesn’t often happen organically. Typically, it [...]
Exploring Women’s Generosity as a Catalyst for Change
As women wield greater economic power and harness their influence to lead change, their generosity is rapidly transforming the philanthropic [...]
The “All In” Woman Philanthropist
In 2020, women in the U.S. controlled one-third of household financial assets–more than $10 trillion. Over the next decade, women [...]
How to Make This Your Most Successful Library Giving Day
Library Giving Day is an international one-day fundraising event that could significantly boost your library’s fundraising potential. How can you [...]
Make This a More Inclusive Season of Giving: Tips for Diversity in Your End-of-Year Fundraising Appeal
Learn how you can capitalize on the Season of Giving! This post shares steps for creating a year-end appeal that will inspire support for your cause.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Breaking Silos: Standardizing Accounting Methodologies in a Catholic Diocese
The Catholic Church runs the largest network of private schools in the United States, with thousands of primary and secondary [...]
How to Build Your Nonprofit’s Major Gifts Fundraising Program
If your growing nonprofit has never had an official major gifts program or your existing major giving strategy needs a [...]
