Tidying Up Philanthropy
Since returning from a recent trip to Japan, I’ve been hyper-aware of the chaos and trash that my home city (New York) seems resigned to. It’s everywhere – from overflowing trash cans (often full of...
View ArticleAsking Questions as a Powerful Way to Learn
Whether in the realm of business, journalism, relationships, or of course in our nonprofit and social sector, the act of “questioning” can be powerful. A piece in the Harvard Business Review last year...
View ArticleThree Shifts Philanthropy Needs to Make to Better Design and Evaluate Social...
Good strategy-making and evaluation sit at the heart of philanthropy. Yet, as a sector, we continue to struggle with how to design strategies, how to better understand our impact, and how to use that...
View ArticleTransition Announcement + June Newsletter
For the past six years, I’ve been proud to lead GrantCraft. It has been an honor to build this growing and global community, which has personally been an amazing source of learning, inspiration, and...
View ArticleIntroduction & All Ears Mode
It was wonderful to be welcomed to the GrantCraft community last month by my brilliant and dynamic predecessor, Jen Bokoff! As I step into this new role, I am reminded of what I love about working at...
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U.S. Community Foundation Asset Growth Stalls While DAF Giving Outpaces Trends
The latest results from the Columbus Survey of community foundations, reflecting fiscal year (FY) 2018, are now live. This annual effort by CF Insights, a service of Candid, establishes a baseline...
View ArticleDon’t Put Your Evaluations Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine
This summer, I spent quite a bit of time thinking about how to improve the impact of evaluations, particularly those sponsored by foundations. Don’t get me wrong—I also spent time enjoying the summer...
View ArticleAre You Ready to Become an Activist Philanthropist?
There is an undeniable extractive nature to philanthropy: I’ll give you a grant, if you deliver me detailed proposals and reports proving that you are worthy. And, as put by one program officer at the...
View ArticleNonprofit CEOs Saw Modest Compensation Growth in FY17, Study Finds
The rate of increase in nonprofit CEO compensation slowed in fiscal year 2017, the 2019 GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report (4,893 pages, PDF) finds. Based on data reported to the Internal Revenue...
View ArticleRedefining Accountability to Incorporate Values
When one’s role at a philanthropic organization includes words like “grants management” and “compliance,” addressing tasks that fall under the “how” of organizational life is common. This includes...
View ArticleNew Tools to Help You Create Change
The school year is now in full swing, which means as a working mom, when I’m not on Candid duty, I’m staffing my kids’ activities and coordinating carpools with other busy parents. I’m happy to...
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Case Studies Reveal How Donors are Changing the World One Scholar at a Time
Scholarships for Change is a new, open-access website created by Candid that explores how donors are using scholarships as a force to accelerate the broader change they hope to see in the world. Though...
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Invitation Only: Closing the Door to Equity?
After more than 20 years of grantmaking in Los Angeles County, you’d think our staff at the Durfee Foundation would know all of the eligible nonprofits in our region. But we don’t. Not long ago, for...
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Resource for Scholarship Funders, Big and Small
Providing funding for academic scholarships is often the most likely entry point for new philanthropists, and also very popular among small and family foundations. Large international foundations are...
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New Scholarship Tool Maps the Landscape of Change
Providing funding for academic scholarships is often the most likely entry point for new philanthropists, and also very popular among small and family foundations. Large international foundations are...
View ArticleYouth Are Creating Change in Philanthropy
With the holidays in full swing, and Giving Tuesday follow-ups and year-end appeals piling up, it’s clear that the giving season is upon us. Yet, as a mom, I can’t help but worry that kids get a very...
View ArticleIn 2020 We’re Thinking about Philanthropy, Politics, & Advocacy
Welcome to 2020! It’s election season! Or should I say impeachment season? Or presidential debate season? And let’s not forget Census season. While we all work for mission-driven organizations that are...
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Getting Your Board on Board with Participatory Grantmaking
When I started talking to people in the UK funding sector about my fellowship, one of the questions that got brought up, again and again, was how to get boards and senior managers on board with...
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Designing Partner-Centered Grantmaking Processes
Human-centered design is on the rise within the social sector. Governments, nonprofits, and social enterprises are increasingly generating products, systems, and processes that put the people primarily...
View ArticleCandid launches pop-up coronavirus webpage, emphasizes online trainings and...
This blog originally appeared on the Candid blog. Candid gets you the information you need to do good. That’s why we created this pop-up webpage to share the philanthropic response to the novel...
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