I’m curious what the findings were for Latinx, AAPI, and Native American nonprofit leaders? Thank you very much for your work on this report. This is such a timely message for funders—and needs to be repeated over and over. We also previously published an article with recommendations on how funders could eliminate bias and promote equity in their grant-making practice: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/eliminating_implicit_bias_in_grantmaking_practice
The full set of recommendations and DEI in grantmaking dashboard can be downloaded here: equityinphilanthropy.org
Thank you for your note and for sharing your article as well. In terms of the quantitative data in the report, the reason that we reported only on the disparity between Black and white led organizations was because the N for Latinx, API, and Native American leaders was not large enough in the data set (those who reached the semifinal stage or higher in Echoing Green’s applicant pool). While we saw similar disparities (white vs. POC more broadly), the low N highlighted a related point—the need to identify and support a broader set of leaders of color, particularly those who are focused on culturally competent and responsive work in communities of color. The interviews that we conducted to complement the quantitative analysis included Black, Latinx, API, and Native American leaders. In that work, we heard examples that were common across a wider set of leaders of color.
Thank you very much for your response. It would have been great if the report could have mentioned that observation, with the caveat that more sampling needs to be done. That would be a great next step for a follow-on report. Thank you!
I appreciate the attempt to supplement the lack of data for Latinx, API, and Native leaders with stories - but the failure to mention and/or track this lack of data (even if it is just to state that the data does not exist in a disaggregated format) just perpetuates these groups’ invisibility - and allows private philanthropic funders to ignore them as well.
Mike Roberts, President & CEO First Nations Development Institute
Do you have any data that speak to organizations that serve predominately African American and other communities of color, but have a leader/Executive Director who is Caucasian? I would think the same biases,, etc. would be prevalent. Thoughts?
COMMENTS
BY Nancy Chan
ON May 13, 2020 12:01 PM
I’m curious what the findings were for Latinx, AAPI, and Native American nonprofit leaders? Thank you very much for your work on this report. This is such a timely message for funders—and needs to be repeated over and over. We also previously published an article with recommendations on how funders could eliminate bias and promote equity in their grant-making practice: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/eliminating_implicit_bias_in_grantmaking_practice
The full set of recommendations and DEI in grantmaking dashboard can be downloaded here: equityinphilanthropy.org
BY Peter Kim
ON May 30, 2020 01:37 PM
Thank you for your note and for sharing your article as well. In terms of the quantitative data in the report, the reason that we reported only on the disparity between Black and white led organizations was because the N for Latinx, API, and Native American leaders was not large enough in the data set (those who reached the semifinal stage or higher in Echoing Green’s applicant pool). While we saw similar disparities (white vs. POC more broadly), the low N highlighted a related point—the need to identify and support a broader set of leaders of color, particularly those who are focused on culturally competent and responsive work in communities of color. The interviews that we conducted to complement the quantitative analysis included Black, Latinx, API, and Native American leaders. In that work, we heard examples that were common across a wider set of leaders of color.
BY Nancy Chan
ON June 1, 2020 01:57 PM
Thank you very much for your response. It would have been great if the report could have mentioned that observation, with the caveat that more sampling needs to be done. That would be a great next step for a follow-on report. Thank you!
BY mike roberts
ON June 11, 2020 12:14 PM
I appreciate the attempt to supplement the lack of data for Latinx, API, and Native leaders with stories - but the failure to mention and/or track this lack of data (even if it is just to state that the data does not exist in a disaggregated format) just perpetuates these groups’ invisibility - and allows private philanthropic funders to ignore them as well.
Mike Roberts, President & CEO First Nations Development Institute
BY Mary Chapman
ON August 23, 2020 09:33 AM
Do you have any data that speak to organizations that serve predominately African American and other communities of color, but have a leader/Executive Director who is Caucasian? I would think the same biases,, etc. would be prevalent. Thoughts?
BY Kenneth
ON November 2, 2021 06:23 AM
but the failure to mention and/or track