Links to Helpful Resources
We hope you find the following list of resources useful. As the links below are not meant to be exhaustive, we welcome your suggestions.
The Alliance for Nonprofit Management is a network of leading, nonprofit technical support professionals. The Alliance’s Cultural Competency Initiative helps nonprofits advance diversity through board and staff appointments, policies and programs. http://www.allianceonline.org/cci.ipage
The Center for Effective Philanthropy seeks to improve philanthropic effectiveness through research, conferences and foundation assessment activities. Its recent report, What’s Race Got to Do With It? Effectiveness in Numbers, highlights research findings on the racial and ethnic diversity of foundation boards. http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org
The Council on Foundations provides a comprehensive list of resources that address an array of diversity issues ranging from grant making to board representation to workplace diversity.
http://www.cof.org
The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers’ Racial, Ethnic and Tribal Knowledge Center shares information, profiles, tools, community-based giving models and resources to support racial, ethnic and tribal philanthropy. The Forum has recently produced new reports on racial, ethnic and tribal giving. http://www.givingforum.org
The Foundation Center has recently published a Bibliography of Resources Related to Diversity Within the Philanthropic and Nonprofit Sectors. http://foundationcenter.org/
GrantCraft (in partnership with the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity) has recently developed a Guide to Grant Making with a Racial Equity Lens. http://www.grantcraft.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=840&nodeID=1
The Joint Affinity Groups (JAG) represent a broad range of professional diversity networks in philanthropy. The JAG website includes important information, references to field activities and links to member organizations. http://www.jointaffinitygroups.org
The National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy promotes independent sector accountability to the public interest and social justice philanthropy. Recent Committee publications focus on the challenges facing rural and minority communities in seeking private foundation support. http://www.ncrp.org
The Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity provides a range of resources that deal with philanthropy, racial equality and diversity issues. http://www.racialequity.org
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ recently published report and summary, Philanthropy in a Changing Society: Achieving Effectiveness through Diversity offers a thorough overview of how philanthropy’s approach to diversity has evolved over time and describes the major strategies that have been piloted. Read the report summary here. http://rockpa.org/ .