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What Lies Beneath: The State of NYC Nonprofit Board Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The report is a result of a six month study conducted with the NYC Nonprofit Board Development Coalition, led by NYC Service, which assessed nonprofit board composition, board policies, as well as procedures. The study discovered that nonprofit leadership demographics do not reflect the diversity of New York City; DEI is valued, but not effectively addressed; representation in leadership matters; board complacency and resistance to change impede DEI; and boards may be perpetuating harmful biases.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Capacity Building Begins At Home

Release Date: 
06/04/2009
... the economic downturn precisely because they and their funders previously invested in infrastructure. Too bad there ... and not a whit about the internal workings of foundation funders , we should care about,...
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All Funders

Leading the Way for Food Equity

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07/28/2016
... authors, and originally appeared in the Huffington Post . Funders interested in food equity should check out the ... is vital. One way to encourage such collaboration is for funders and other network hubs to...
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Food Systems

Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU's Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, Culturally Responsive Schools and Defend Against Attacks on Public Education

Release Date: 
04/06/2022
... to the Invest Together Fund. “Like many education funders , Hewlett sees public education as the key to upward ... organizations to advance racial justice, we encourage funders to join us in helping to support...

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