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Candid insights

The big picture of the social sector, backed by data and expertise

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Nonprofit colleagues using AI for their work.
Tips & Training

Can nonprofits leverage AI to understand community feedback?

Find out how to use both generative AI and human experts to surface actionable insights on nonprofit work and community needs based on our research team’s data analysis with AI experiment.

January 15, 2026 | By Stephanie Wormington
Volunteers from a nonprofit that has earned a 2026 Seal of Transparency.
Tips & Training

Introducing the 2026 Candid Seals of Transparency

We’ve made it even faster and easier to earn 2026 Seals of Transparency; discover the benefits that a Candid Seal unlocks for nonprofits, including an average of 62% more in donations.

January 14, 2026 | By Victoria Burrello
A funder interviewing at an organization.
Data & Insights

Key takeaways from the 2025 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits report

Find key takeaways from Council on Foundation’s 2025 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits report, including on foundation staff turnover, diversity, and compensation relative to inflation.

January 13, 2026 | By Kyoko Uchida
Foundation members discussing their payout rates.
Trends & Issues

Toward more foundation transparency

When announcing large-scale increases in payout rates, transparent foundation practices and communications are critical to helping grantees.

January 12, 2026 | By Ludovic Blain

Data & Insights

Key takeaways from the 2025 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits report

Find key takeaways from Council on Foundation’s 2025 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits report, including on foundation staff turnover, diversity, and compensation relative to inflation.

January 13, 2026 By Kyoko Uchida
A funder interviewing at an organization.

Data & Insights

Words matter: Black-led nonprofits and race in today’s funding environment 

A new report from Candid and ABFE explores the experiences of Black-led nonprofits that mention race when describing their work, including in conversation with funders.

December 11, 2025 By Stephanie Wormington and Michell Speight
A stack of research papers being magnified.

Data & Insights

Will AI soon be reviewing your grant applications? 

Find out what recent data says about whether U.S. foundations plan to use or currently utilize generative AI to screen grant applications or to help make decisions about whom to fund in the near future.

November 20, 2025 By Guy Mika
Two colleagues looking at grant applications.

Data & Insights

What do government grant-funded nonprofits look like?

Delve into data on the nonprofits that rely most on government grants, and find out how federal funding decisions affect this subset of government grantees and the communities they serve.

November 10, 2025 By David Wolcheck
Nonprofit volunteers building a house.

Data & Insights

Food banks can’t fill the SNAP gap 

Get the facts on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and find out why SNAP cuts would leave a gap that nonprofits and food banks can’t fill for millions of Americans who rely on them.

November 4, 2025 By Aleda Gagarin and Cathleen Clerkin, Ph.D.
A nonprofit volunteer sorting groceries at a food bank.

Data & Insights

After the surge: Giving to women’s and girls’ organizations peaked in 2022, then plateaued 

Women Philanthropy Institute’s interim director shares recent trends in charitable giving to women’s and girls’ organizations—and what lessons this data holds for nonprofits and funders.

October 29, 2025 By Lauren Brathwaite
A diverse group of women.

Data & Insights

Frontline nonprofit workers face burnout from workloads, invisible labor, and lack of voice  

Delve into data that illustrates why frontline nonprofit workers have high levels of burnout and what can be done to retain key staff who directly serve and impact their communities.

October 16, 2025 By Dr. Janaé Bonsu-Love
A young Black woman feeling burned out at a nonprofit.

Data & Insights

Building a tool for the sector together: Co-creating as power sharing

Learn why co-creation as power sharing unlocks success and how Women Funding Network used this approach to build a new demographic data tool to help funders advance feminist philanthropy.

October 14, 2025 By Sara Keilholtz
Shawnda Chapman and panelists at the Feminist Funded 2025 conference discuss co-creating the Representation and Resourcing of the Nonprofit Sector Dashboard — an intersectional tool developed by the Women’s Funding Network in partnership with Candid and member organizations.

Data & Insights

Nonprofits serving people living in poverty face significant challenges in 2025 

Recent data finds significant challenges face nonprofits serving people living in poverty in 2025, which provide essential goods and services to more than one in 10 Americans below the federal poverty level.

October 7, 2025 By Hannah Martin
Homeless people getting served food at a soup kitchen.

Data & Insights

The power of data in advocacy: How we show the sector’s impact with numbers 

Learn how the National Council of Nonprofits, United Philanthropy Forum, and the Council on Foundations used data to illustrate the impacts H.R. 1 could have on nonprofit services and jobs and the economy in lawmakers’ districts.

October 6, 2025 By Jenn Holcomb, Matthew L. Evans, and Jessica Mendieta
A wide shot of the capital building with people around it.