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A diverse board brings together individuals with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and expertise, enriching decision-making processes, fostering innovation, and enhancing organizational performance. In this blog post, we'll explore the importance of diversity on nonprofit boards and discuss key considerations for building a diverse and inclusive board. https://lnkd.in/dHXC7c-m

This was such a beneficial webinar; I encourage not only development professionals but all professionals to take time to listen to the important reminders about how to value differences to create a more inclusive workplace. #dei #workplace #professionaldevelopment #fundraising #development

Here’s a great guide for how to make an impact with your planned giving outreach to diverse audiences.

Explore the positive impact of DEI on nonprofit organizations with our latest #RaceToLead report, "Blocking the Backlash." Findings from over 3,000 nonprofit leaders show that DEI initiatives are effective, especially when organizations employ 5 or more DEI strategies. Despite the Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action, DEI initiatives continue to create positive workplace satisfaction, especially for BIPOC staff. Learn more and download the report: https://bit.ly/3zWdWWp

🌷 At Philanthropy Northwest, one of our core values is integrity. It is a key part of our mission to empower transformative work and redistribute resources and power to underinvested communities in the Northwest and beyond. We're committed to living out this value by openly sharing our journey through our strategic plan, blog posts, and annual reports. This helps us stay accountable and ensures our actions align with our other values rooted in equity, racial justice, place, courage and joy. Learn more about our work to catalyze transformation and collective impact in our refreshed strategic plan: https://ow.ly/cvt850SymZ7 How does integrity show up at your organization? #Togetherwetransform

On our recent RealTalk, Angela Parker got real about extending employee volunteer impact beyond kits and numbers and the potential to do so with the Transformative Approach. 🌟 "In transformative volunteering, whether it's kits or painting or virtual volunteering, we give our volunteers direct access to empathy. This is where true impact is. 🤝 If our volunteers change the way they perceive the "other" and we begin to experience our sameness, we start to see "them" as "us". Breaking down barriers between "us" vs. "them" - that is activism. That is empathy-generating. 💡 This is the potential of volunteering. This is what we have access to." On our next RealTalk, we dive deeper into this concept of breaking down barriers between people through employee volunteering - this time in the context of racial injustice. Just a week prior to Juneteenth, we will take an honest look at the dark history of slavery in America and how its legacy persists through the unjust mass incarceration of Black people today. We'll explore the role we, as Social Impact professionals, can play in becoming proactively anti-racist as both companies and individuals. Register here for a conversation you won't want to miss: https://bit.ly/3VfpM64 #csr #socialimpact #dei #esg #volunteering #juneteenth

Philanthropy is increasingly reimagining its work, process, and purpose in alignment with racial equity and justice. At CEI, we're here to support this future-building work. Find out more about our strategies and how we might partner together here: https://lnkd.in/geHJVgWY 

Can philanthropy competitions be equitable? 🤔 YES 🙌 We believe we provide a rare opportunity for organizations, particularly those with proximate or BIPOC—Black, Indigenous, and people of color—leadership, to compete based on their potential for impact rather than access to a funder’s network. Learn more about our approach in this Inside Philanthropy penned by our CEO: https://lnkd.in/gF5q6At

Today we celebrate #EarthDay. While everyone is affected by environmental issues, some communities are disproportionately impacted (i.e. Black, Hispanic, Indigenous & tribal communities). We're committed to amplifying the voices of all communities and sharing their insights for environmental justice action. Do you or your organization have a story about an environmental injustice where you live and how you have worked with your community to create a healthier, more just environment? By sharing your story, others can learn from your experience. We're seeking up to five collaborators (nonprofit organizations and/or individuals) from across the United States. Each collaborator will work with the center for up to three months and produce their story over the next year. Interested? Learn more and share your story: https://ow.ly/kLyx50RlE5z

#HispanicHeritageMonth starts Sept. 15. One way you can support and learn from the perspectives of Latine folks advancing social change is by reading from the contributions of Latine authors. Nonprofit Quarterly has you covered: https://ow.ly/Uw4o50TncGs #HHM2024