As NPQ has widely covered, stated nonprofit support for diversity is often not reflected in their leadership. Former nonprofit CEO Kenneth Taylor highlights some of the challenges while identifying a few action steps that nonprofits pursuing board and leadership diversity can take.
Recent research indicates that there has been little to no progress towards the goal of remaking nonprofit boards to be more racially inclusive—and more inclusive in general—so NPQ and BoardSource will be launching a project this year that needs your participation.
This most recent webinar in our series on nonprofit boards gets serious about practical strategies nonprofits can take to create more diverse and inclusive boards. This is not a theory but a practice session.
Anne Wallestad, the CEO of BoardSource, gave a barnburner of a talk at the organization’s recent conference. In it, she emphasized the need for a values base in our boards and a willingness to stand up and advocate even when it might be seen as out of the ordinary. After all, that’s what leadership in the social sector requires.
A local activist calls out a powerful local philanthropic player on its lack of diversity in leadership. Let’s be clear; we will never change without this kind of stepping up.
PREMIUM CONTENT | BoardSource’s Leading With Intent report shows diversity has either stagnated or actually declined on nonprofit boards. But the way the research was done provides clear clues to what may be standing in the way of progress. Join us for this important discussion, and please let us know if you want to remain a part of the conversation moving forward.
Yes, this is still a thing, but a new website, potentially a national model, connects minorities to nonprofit boards, making their case difficult to ignore.
Museums say diversity and inclusion are important, but recent survey numbers prove otherwise.
A Philadelphia-based mega-foundation has made a grant that totals a whole year of its grant budget even as it has lost the latest in a long string of executives.
Maybe the $2.4 billion William Penn Foundation should install a revolving door in its executive office. Lisa Ranghelli, who studied the foundation for NCRP’s Philamplify, comments on its latest leadership change and what it suggests about the board.
