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Our new AI assistant pairs Candid resources and data with AI to answer your nonprofit questions. Help us make it better by testing it out!   Learn more in this article from Dave Hollander, data science manager at Candid, and start using it today: https://lnkd.in/egQ97QPZ

It's a new year, and there are a lot of predictions for what will happen in the nonprofit sector.

What is the difference between a donor-advised fund (DAFs) and a foundation? You asked, and Lori Guidry, educational programming manager at Candid, has the answer. Have more questions? Share them in the comments!

Here are four technology policies and practices nonprofits and foundations of any size or mission area should leave behind in 2025, according to Amy Sample Ward, CEO of NTEN. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/efSnyibJ

By 2030, American women are expected to control much of the $30 trillion in financial assets that baby boomers are passing on. What does that mean for philanthropy?     Amy Dornbusch of AtlasDaughters and the Marks Family Foundation shares how we can start engaging young women in philanthropy. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e6pgYc3A

What happens when you invite donors to become partners instead of just patrons? Natalie J. Fellows of Maverick Collective shares how making this change can deepen relationships with your donors.  Read the full article on Candid insights: https://lnkd.in/eiCykvS5

Total giving has been declining over the past decade. And that decline includes mega gifts in the millions.   Matt Sinclair, editor of Philanthropy News Digest, shares what we know about changes to million and billion dollar donations: https://lnkd.in/ejGd2JzT

Candid’s Issue Lab is an open-access library dedicated to collecting and sharing reports, case studies, surveys, and toolkits published by social sector organizations. Here are the top 10 resources from 2024. Futures Philanthropy: Anticipation for the Common Good by Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association and Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies: https://lnkd.in/egD9sSh5 Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Implementation Guidebook by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation: https://lnkd.in/ex63UbQr   Lighting Up the Future for Children: Balancing urgent needs and future opportunities by the Institute for the Future: https://lnkd.in/ehScJdtp   The state of diversity in the U.S. nonprofit sector by Candid: https://lnkd.in/ejAE-G_6   Data Science, AI and Data Philanthropy in Foundations: On the Path to Maturity by Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo: https://lnkd.in/e8Qsw5_R   Views on Offshore Wind in New England by the Barr Foundation and Hart Research: https://lnkd.in/eeFGdJRs   Doing Evaluation in Service of Racial Equity: A Tool Kit for Practitioners by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation: https://lnkd.in/eNGfs_-T Industrial Food Animal Production: How It Works And How We Resist by Rachel Mason with funding from Animal Charity Evaluators: https://lnkd.in/eWDNwRgH   Dollars and Change by GivingTuesday, Network for Good is now Bonterra, and Candid: https://lnkd.in/eZB7grRr Responsible AI adoption Framework in Philanthropy: An Initial Framework for Grantmakers by the Technology Association of Grantmakers: https://lnkd.in/ebUMKjPj

"Helping boys and men is the right thing to do, period. But it’s also the right thing to do for women and girls. In the long run, a world of floundering men is not likely to be a world of flourishing women."    Richard V. Reeves, president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, shares more on why supporting boys and men is key to healthier communities.

To celebrate you, our amazing community of readers, we looked back at your favorite articles. From AI in fundraising to advancing DEI, here are the top articles of 2024: https://lnkd.in/eEQxvic3