Our current tumultuous political and social environment speaks volumes about how our country continues to struggle, and resists becoming a truly diverse society. There have been so many situations that demonstrate how our nation is backtracking on the hard-won gains that we’ve made to become a society that embraces all of us.

Fund the People embraces equity and inclusion as essential to ensuring an effective, impactful, and sustainable nonprofit sector. In fact, we articulate the need for equity and inclusion in the nonprofit workforce in our framework, “Investing in Equity Inside the Nonprofit Workforce”.

A 2014 BoardSource study found that 89 percent of nonprofit CEOs were white, as were 90 percent of board chairs and 80 percent of board members. According to the 2017 Building Movement Project Race to Lead report, 50 percent of people of color surveyed want to become nonprofit CEOs but they aren’t ascending to those important roles.

Lack of attention to these trends impedes the ability of nonprofits to maximize their community and social impact.

Read the full article about racial equity in the non-profit workforce by Yolanda Caldera-Durant at Fund the People.