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Free training and resources for nonprofit professionals designed to help you reach your goals
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Live training
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Introduction to Fundraising Planning
Live webinar | September 4, 2025 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT - Create a plan that focuses your organization by setting fundraising priorities and helps give staff and board members a roadmap to success.
Introduction to Measuring Your Impact
Live webinar | September 11, 2025 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT - Learn the basics of applying an outcomes thinking framework to your nonprofit’s programs in this introductory overview.
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Get helpCustomize training to your team's needs
Work with Candid's training experts to build a customized development program that fits your organization's goals.
Learn best practices and get answers to common nonprofit questions
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Sharpen professional skills with courses tailored to nonprofits
Proposal writing boot camp
Learn to craft compelling and effective foundation grant proposals in this four-week course.
Attract more funding with a new 2025 Seal of Transparency
Learn about our new profile editor and how to earn your 2025 Seal to maximize fundraising efforts.
Introduction to Finding Grants
Discover what funders are looking for in nonprofits seeking grants and how to find potential funders in this introductory course.
Access sample fundraising documents
Cover letters
Letters of inquiry
Proposal budgets
Full proposals
