Foundation Updater

Candid maintains the most current and comprehensive database on philanthropy worldwide. But our most reliable source for information is you, our philanthropy partners!

Help us go beyond what is publicly available to ensure we are accurately reflecting your work.

Foundation Updater makes it easy for you to keep us up-to-date on the work of your organization.

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What data can you share via Foundation Updater?

Foundation Updater allows you to share current and comprehensive information about your organization, including:

Basic Information

Provide your organization name, address, phone number(s), and website

Work Categories

Communicate the issue areas you support, your geographic areas of focus, the population(s) meant to benefit from your work, and more

Fiscal Data

Share the most current financial information available, including information about assets, expenses and giving

People

List key officers, trustees and staff for the organization

Application Information

If your organization provides grants, share information regarding application deadlines and other funding requirements

Programs

Provide detailed information on your organization's direct program work

Grants

Submit a list of your latest grants following our eReporting program guidelines

How does Foundation Updater work?

To use Foundation Updater, just follow these easy steps:

Register for an account.
Once we’ve verified that you are associated with your organization, you will receive an email with log-in information for your account. Please note that if your email account is not an organizational one and you are using your personal email account (e.g. gmail, hotmail, yahoo etc.) to register, we will need twenty-four hours (excluding weekends and holidays) to complete the registration process.
Upon logging in to Foundation Updater, you’ll have access to an online form in which you can enter specific information about your organization. You can enter and submit information right away, or save a draft to continue working on later. Information appearing on the form when you sign in is the information currently displayed for your organization in Candid’s products.
Once you submit, your data will be reviewed by Candid staff for accuracy and approved, unless we have any questions. Your changes will be reflected in the next data update to Candid products, which occurs on a weekly basis.

Who should use Foundation Updater?

Foundation Updater is meant for use by foundations (including operating foundations), grantmaking public charities, and corporations that provide funding or engage in direct program work. Any organization meeting these criteria from anywhere in the world can register for an Foundation Updater account.

What happens to your data?

Candid aggregates and enhances data on behalf of the field so that individual organizations don't have to build their own data sets from scratch. We make foundation and grants data available in an accessible and highly visual format through our APIs and data visualization platforms, and license data that we have cleaned, coded, and standardized for use by other organizations in analysis, reports, and tools. We also build custom APIs for pulling our data into a foundation's grants management software and other applications.

This information also powers products and resources such as Foundation Directory Online, Foundation Maps, and Foundation Landscapes, which inform the work of thousands of social sector organizations and make philanthropic data easy to use. By contributing your information through Foundation Updater, you are not only helping us tell your story, but also ensuring that the sector has the most reliable data to act on.

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