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Getting Comfortable with Conflict: Strategic Conversations at the Kalamazoo Community Foundation

This 2013 companion piece to the Council of Michigan Foundations report, Learning Together, provides an in-depth look at the Kalamazoo Community Foundation’s participation in the Peer Action Learning Network and its organizational learning around diversity and inclusion.


Beyond Counting: A Journey Toward Equity at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

This 2013 companion piece to the Council of Michigan Foundations report, Learning Together, provides an in-depth look at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s participation in the Peer Action Learning Network and its organizational learning around diversity and inclusion.


Learning Together: The Peer Action Learning Network for Diversity and Inclusion, Stories for Change

This 2013 report by the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) shares the experiences of foundations in Michigan that were “early adopters” of diversity and inclusion and participants in CMF’s Peer Action Learning Network (part of the Transforming Michigan Philanthropy Initiative). The report chronicles their challenges, insights, strategies for change, and results.


Diversity & Inclusion: Rockefeller Foundation 2012 Report

This 2012 report on the Rockefeller Foundation’s diversity and inclusion initiative documents the Foundation’s business case for diversity and inclusion, its theory of change, its commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, and its accomplishments and milestones to date.


Translating Complexity Into Effective Practice

This 2013 issue brief by philanthropic advisor OMG Center for Collaborative Learning describes the process undertaken by this 30-year old consulting practice to institutionalize organizational policies that build and support staff to carry out work that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.