Coverage and Tools About Fostering Diversity and Inclusion at Your Nonprofit
A collection of resources about building a diverse staff and board, what foundations are doing to help, and more — including how to take advantage of an effort by a group of businesses that are pursuing more diverse and inclusive workplaces.
Fundraisers’ Group Launches Gender-Equity Effort
Over the next 18 months, the membership group’s Women’s Impact Initiative will seek out and share effective ways to close pay gaps and combat sexual harassment at nonprofit workplaces.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Quota Question: Picking a Diverse Board
The nonprofit Sage set flexible goals for the number of trustees who are transgender, straight, disabled, young, old, and so forth — but stopped short of creating strict floors or ceilings.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Becoming Diverse: One Foundation’s Evolution
Six years ago, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s staff was 58 percent white. Today, that figure is 43 percent. A focus on retention of minority employees is among the reasons for its success.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
What It Takes: How a Charity Confronted Its Lack of Diversity and Found New Strength
Lift, a national nonprofit, has spent eight years trying to change its culture — and leadership — to better reflect America.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Nonprofit Helps Identify Migrants Who Died Crossing the Border
The Colibri Center for Human Rights sifts through a variety of clues in its efforts to return remains and belongings to grieving family members.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
After 25 Years of Talk, Are Nonprofits Ready to Act on Diversity?
Despite the post-Ferguson urgency on race and social justice, nonprofit leadership remains nearly all white. Charities are running out of excuses, diversity advocates say.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Child-Sex-Abuse Claims Reported to British Charity Watchdog
In other news, international nonprofits worry about proposals to tighten Washington lobbying rules for foreign entities, a U.K. charity draws fire for cooperating with immigration patrols to round up homeless migrants, Salesforce and the United Way team up in a bid to transform workplace giving, and more.
How One Public-Radio Station Talked to Donors About Sexual Harassment
When a scandal rocked NPR, Washington, D.C., affiliate WAMU shared with supporters what it’s doing to prevent workplace misconduct.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Aid Charities Report Scores of Harm Cases to Regulator
In other news, congressional Republicans take another shot at undoing the Johnson Amendment, a donor family sues to claw back a $100 million gift to the University of Chicago, and a Harvard professor faces a new round of sexual-misconduct allegations. Plus, companies court lawmakers with charitable gifts, the Gates Foundation puts $170 million into gender equality, a crowdfunding campaign delivers for the families of Vegas shooting victims, a Georgia Girl Scout’s cookie sales go viral, and more.
Daily News Roundup: Mo. Governor Used Charity Email for Political Messages
In other news, a New Hampshire university dedicates $20 million to scholarships for Dreamers; Bryn Mawr gets a $25 million gift; and thousands of nonprofits could lose Google Ad grants. Plus, the Metropolitan Museum of Art introduces mandatory admission, big foundations fight Trump cuts for the arts, charity-fundraising site CrowdRise rises again, a nonprofit leader proposes a Star Trek-inspired management model, and more.
Podcast: Clean Water ‘Underpins Everything,’ Says Nonprofit CEO
Gary White of Water.org, whose partners include the actor Matt Damon, says, “There’s plenty of water on the planet to satisfy the needs of everyone,” but it’s an enormous lift to get it where it’s needed.
Time’s Up Takes Off as Hollywood Allies With Worker Advocates
Since celebrities kicked off giving, more than 20,000 donors have contributed to an effort sparked by a nonprofit group that advocates for female farmworkers.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Paul Allen $125 Million Gift to Teach Machines Common Sense
In other news, Jewish women fundraisers say sexual harassment is common; the U.S. Olympic Committee CEO is stepping down; and articles delve into how a misleading statistic about sexual harassment ended up in the news and how Goodwill spends $5.7 billion in revenue. Plus, other news about elite colleges attracting low-income students, the philanthropy of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant and Dolly Parton, and more.
Daily News Roundup: State Audit Faults University Foundations
In other news, former President Obama makes another pitch for his presidential center; donors have given $775,000 so kids can see Black Panther; disgraced actor Kevin Spacey’s British foundation is closing its doors; a youth softball program in Oregon is raffling an AR-15 gun; and more.
Daily News Roundup: Trump’s Family-Planning Program Favors Clinics That Push Abstinence
In other news, International Committee of the Red Cross says 21 people have resigned or been fired since 2015 over sexual misconduct; 50 years after a landmark report, barriers to equality remain; the Moody Foundation is stepping up grants to small arts groups in Dallas; Disney gives $1 million from Black Panther to Boys & Girls Clubs; gifts from the Koch Foundation stir debate at the Harvard Kennedy School; and more news and opinion.