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Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
For a decade, Knight Foundation has been intentional about identifying high quality, diversely-owned asset managers when investing its endowment. In response to frequent questions from a variety of stakeholders into the performance of the charitable sector regarding this issue — the questions arising from the general lack of data — Knight Foundation asked Global Economics Group to assess the representation of diverse asset managers among foundations.
What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice
An increasing number of foundations are embracing racial equity/equity as a core value, and it is influencing how they see themselves and operate. However, evaluation has for the most part remained untouched. Knowing how race/racism has influenced both, philanthropy and evaluation, deepens our understanding of how philanthropic evaluation practice may unintentionally reinforce racism. Equitable evaluation shifts the current evaluation paradigm to one that centers equity/racial equity, so that it is more aligned with the values and intentions of current day philanthropic endeavors.
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement
Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop with Daria Torres
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practical Guide centers the perspectives of racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices for driving philanthropy beyond racial equity toward racial justice.
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action
Fellowship Industry Report
In 2020, ProFellow, the leading online resource for information on professional and academic fellowships,partnered with IREX to produce the 2020 Fellowship Industry Report.
ComNet19: Lessons on Building a Community of Communicators
Regional Roundtable: Community Violence - LGBTQIA+
2018 EQUITY Symposium: Laying the Foundation for Racial Equity in Grantmaking
City Council and Mayor Kenney play nice as rec center ‘rebuild’ advances
Community-led Philanthropy during Crisis: How Giving Circles of Color Can Transform Traditional Philanthropy
2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report
In 2018, Funders for LGBTQ Issues set out to survey the board and staff of foundations in order to identify how many LGBTQ people worked in philanthropy. In the process, the organization realized that it had an opportunity to not only ask about sexual orientation and gender identity but also to inquire about a range of personal identifiers. With the inaugural Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) Survey, Funders for LGBTQ Issues asked participants to identify their role within their foundation, their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and disability status. This report lays out the results of the DAPP survey in aggregate form.
Your board isn’t diverse enough
A new study from BoardSource found board diversity hasn't improved in the past two decades, but two local foundations - Seybert and Leeway - are taking steps to make their boards more representative of those they serve.
What would you do?: A panel discussion on ADEIB principles in action
Join us for a panel discussion featuring real life dilemmas faced by funders and grantees as we center Access, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (ADEIB) in our work.
From Aspiration to Action: Building Our Capacity for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
The Crisis of White Supremacy in America: What’s Philanthropy’s Role?
NCFP Webinar: Equity, Inclusion, and Connecting with Community in Family Philanthropy
What does inclusivity mean for family philanthropy? How can we promote diversity, community engagement, and openness while retaining the family focus of our giving practices?