Urban Institute Study




Focus Groups & Interviews Perrone Report





Study Findings & Recommendations Brochure

Press Releases:

• Baltimore Sun: Minority Leadership Lagging at Nonprofits

Links:

• Aspen Institute  - Aspen Global Leadership Network, a growing, worldwide community of entrepreneurial leaders from business, government and the nonprofit sector who share a commitment to leadership and leadership initiatives in the United States, Africa, Central America, India and the Middle East.
• BoardSource
• California Wellness Foundation  - Grants that address the issue of diversity in the health professions are given to organizations that support leadership development for people of color in the health profession and careers in medicine, nursing, public health and other allied health professions.
• Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Council on Foundations
• Diversity and Inclusiveness Program
• Denver Foundation
• Diversity Business
• Diversity and Inclusiveness Project
• JohnsonCenter For Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership - An academic center that enhances the impact of foundations and nonprofit organizations, improves the quality of community decision-making, and develops the habit of civic engagement among students and faculty at Grand Valley State University.
• MichiganCouncil of Foundations   
• Urban Institute
• Race, Ethnicity and Gender  (http://www.urban.org/race/index.cfm)
• American Humanics
• Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE)
• Black Philanthropic Alliance
• Hispanics in Philanthropy
• Diversity Assessment Scale - A tool to determine the degree of organizational and personal commitment to valuing/respecting workplace diversity.
• Diversity Central - Filled with practical tools strategies and resources for implementing diversity and cross-cultural values, the toolroom benefits diversity practitioners, executives, managers, educators and employees.
• Diversity Database - The University of Maryland 's Diversity Database is sponsored by the Diversity Initiative Program, a program designed by the Office of Human Relations Programs to promote campus-wide diversity at Maryland . Includes diversity-related syllabi, a reading room (including a questionnaire which measures how people think and feel about a number of social and personal incidents and situations), and links to other college resources.
• Diversity Inc.com - A commercial website with some outstanding resources to help the for-profit sector understand the business case for diversity. The site includes a number of free resources including a daily diversity newsletter.  

Publications:

Diversity and Inclusiveness

• Capitalizing on Diversity, by Nonprofit World
• Multi-Faceted Look at Diversity: Why Outreach is Not Enough, by Journal of Volunteer Administration
• A Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Compact, by the Nonprofit Workforce Coalition
• Achieving Diversity at Nonprofit Organizations, by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Oct. 18, 2007
• Special Report: Achieving Diversity at Nonprofit Organizations, by the Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Daring to Lead, by CompassPoint and Meyer Foundation  - A national nonprofit study of how executive leadership has changed and the factors contributing to executive stress, failure and burnout while addressing the need for boards, grantmakers and stakeholders to focus on supporting and sustaining leaders, developing new leaders and preparing for executive transitions.
• Investing in Diversity: Advancing Opportunities for Minorities and the Media, The Aspen Idea, by the Aspen Institute - This volume is the result of work conducted during the first two years of the Aspen Institute Forum on Diversity and the Media.
• Diversity and Inclusion: Lessons from the Field, by the Council on Foundations - features the stories, successes and experiences of CEOs and trustees of some of our nation’s leading foundations and corporate grantmaking programs, both large and small. Each has shared their unique perspectives—their struggles and strategies to overcome challenges. They have provided insight into how and to what effect diversity and inclusive practices have been embedded within their organizations. With leaders reaching out to leaders, we hope you will be inspired by their successes, and see yourself in this important work.

Race and Ethnicity

• Beyond Race and Ethnicity, by The Denver Foundation
• Inside Inclusiveness: Race, Ethnicity and Nonprofit Organizations, by The Denver Foundation - A 22-page research report on nonprofit organizations in Metro Denver led by a steering committee of community leaders from throughout the seven-county Metro Denver area. The purpose of the research was to gain a deeper understanding of how inclusiveness of diverse voices and experiences can enhance and expand the work of nonprofits.
• A Race/Ethnic Comparison of Career Attainments in Healthcare Management, by Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Chicago, 2002 - A study by leaders of four professional associations (ACHE< NAHSE< AHHE and IFD) focused on determining if the race/ethnic gap in healthcare management careers has narrowed since 1997 based on findings. The study includes blacks, whites, Asians and Native American healthcare executives.

For Boards

• Tools for Improving Your Boards Diversity, by Nonprofit World, September 1, 2007 - An article with tools which help bring awareness to and address nonprofit board diversity.
• Building Diversity Through Board Development, by Nonprofit Leadership Institute
• Nonprofit Governance in the United States, by Francie Ostrower, The Urban Institute, 2007 - A study that draws attention to the relationships between the public policy environment and nonprofits and identifies factors associated with promoting or impeding boards’ performance of basic stewardship responsibilities related to overseeing and supporting the organization and its mission.   
• Beyond Political Correctness: Building a Diverse Board, by BoardSource - Achieving diversity on a nonprofit board is a challenging — but doable and essential — task.
• Diversity: Who Should Sit At Your Table? - Board Member Special Edition, by BoardSource - Shows nonprofits how to recruit and retain a diverse board — and how to make it work for the overall effectiveness of the board.
• Board, Chief Executive Play Critical Roles in Creating Diverse Board, by BoardSource - Diverse boards often make better strategic decisions because members can provide varying points of views. Diversity can also help prevent issues such as group think. 

 Culture

• Cultural Competency for Greater Effectiveness, by TTC Group, Fall 2007 Perspectives newsletter
• Cultural Intelligence, by Harvard Business Review
• Cultural Competency Series for Nonprofit Mental Health Organizations, by The Johnson Center at Grand Valley state University, Aug. 2008

Gender

• Poll: Executives Say Having Blacks, Women In Corporate Positions Important to Innovation, Jan. 9, 2009 (website)
• On The Rise: A Profile of Women of Color in Leadership, by CompassPoint, November 2002 - A study based on a written survey of 49 women executive directors of color identified in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through in-depth interviews and convenings, the report reveals findings that suggests an increase of women of color holding executive position in nonprofits of all types and sizes, but at a cost of having to be better qualified than their male or white counterparts, better educated, have longer nonprofit experience and are more likely to have been hired from within.

The Nonprofit Sector

• Getting Involved in the Nonprofit Sector, by The Denver Foundation
• Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing, by Harvard Business Review
• Pipeline Report: Reflections on the Nonprofit Sector from People of Color in Metro Denver, by The Denver Foundation - A nine page report is based on a study based on two conversational meetings with more than 100 individuals of color and survey of 110 college students and young nonprofit professionals from communities of color. The purpose of this study was to help nonprofit organizations better understand how a selected sample of individuals of color perceive and interact with the sector and help individuals of color consider the elements that may encourage them to increase their involvement with nonprofits.