This 2010 blogpost written by Rosetta Thurman discusses the Florida law “that prohibits government officials from requiring that foundations disclose the race, religion, gender, income level, sexual orientation, or certain other characteristics of their employees and board members, as well as those of their grant recipients” and the effect of this law on those encouraging […]
This 2008 report is the first study commissioned by Northern California Grantmakers, Southern California Grantmakers, and San Diego Grantmakers to provide an overview of diversity in philanthropy in California. This report provides analysis of grantmaking by 50 of the state’s largest independent. This study highlights the challenges associated with assessing the extent to which large […]
This 2009 report is the second study by the Foundation Center commissioned by Northern California Grantmakers, Southern California Grantmakers, and San Diego Grantmakers to provide an overview of diversity in philanthropy in California. The findings from this study suggest that the surveyed foundations have taken some important steps but more work is needed to address […]
This 2008 article written by Karen Zelermyer, for the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity makes the case for diversity-related data collection on grantmaking as a means toward redressing inequities in philanthropy.
This blogpost written in 2011 by Michael Seltzer in Smart Assets: The Philanthropy New York Blog, describes the importance of assembling more than 50 gratnamkers for the briefing, “Understanding Muslim America”. This piece highlights the challenges and the importance of engaging the diverse Muslim community.
