Check out today’s Op-Ed in the Stanford Social Innovation Review by Jasmine McGinnis, Assistant Professor at George Washington University. It poses a timely question, as President Obama is about to address the most diverse Congress in history: Will a more diverse Congress lead to more effective policymaking? And, does increasing diversity in our philanthropic institutions […]
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.
Check out Kelly’s recent blog post on Transparency Talk about the benefits of foundation transparency on diversity and equity data. Philanthropy exists for the common good, and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion helps us live up to that value. In particular, thinking about equity in our grantmaking helps ensure that we are having the greatest […]
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 […]
The third in a series, D5’s State of the Work 2013 features lessons learned from executives of the American Express Foundation, the Baltimore Community Foundation, Access Strategies Fund, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, Capek Consulting, Russell Family Foundation and FSG. The report draws on the successes and challenges of philanthropic leaders […]
