D5 Coalition Request for Proposals Gathering data about diversity within foundations and philanthropy associations poses challenges. It can be a challenge to collect data about the makeup of foundation staffs and boards, to track the recipients of foundation grantmaking and establish who benefits from it, even to determine which questions about diversity are fair game […]
In a conference room at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in November, two dozen people from organized philanthropy and nonprofit organizations serving Native Americans came together to talk about their work with Native Americans and what they could learn from each other and be more powerful working together. Many in the room […]
Writing for Family Giving News, Carrie Avery, the president of the Durfee Foundation and the board chair of the National Center for Family Philanthropy, showcased the “I Am A Philanthropist” video as well the Los Angeles event in November spotlighting and connecting diverse donors: I was interested in learning more about diversity in family philanthropy. […]
I Am A Philanthropist from D5 Coalition, a video produced by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and the D5 Coalition. “America is very diverse, as is the community I live in, San Jose,” says Carmen Castellano. “But you walk into some institutions and the diversity is not there. We want to see people who look like us […]
How can we support, and sustain, more diverse and inclusive leadership in the nonprofit sector? This is a core question of D5’s work, and for one day in November it was a key topic of conversation among 250 nonprofit leaders at the White House Forum on Nonprofit Leadership, held November 15 in Washington, DC. It […]
