In this 2014 report, Philanthropy Northwest, in partnership with the Seattle University Nonprofit Leadership Program, explored the role of leadership in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in philanthropy. The participatory research project engaged high-level executives in a peer learning network, and studied additional foundations to identify the practices, barriers, and organizational cultures that support diversity, […]
The Boston Globe recently did a feature on the Cultural Inclusion pilot project, a partnership of Jericho Road Lawrence (Massachusetts) and the YWCA of Greater Lawrence, Inc., which is in its second year of working to increase diversity on nonprofit boards. “When we started this, we saw a clear inequity between the demographics of nonprofit boards and the populations […]
Throughout the philanthropic field, thought leaders and practitioners are working to identify how we can consistently maximize positive impact for all our constituencies. Across the board, we are realizing that we must innovate in order to stay on the cutting edge of social change. The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently published an article entitled “5 Things […]
One of D5’s partners, Philanthropy New York, is hosting an event that will examine diversity in public service leadership at the top levels of government and its impact on engaging communities of color to help solve social policy dilemmas. Presenters include Anthony Winn, Director of the National Urban Fellows Public Leadership Diversity Intiative and Richard […]
D5 celebrates the recent success of Facebook employees. These individuals prioritize hard work, innovation and creative problem solving and as a result, many benefited from the recent Facebook IPO. When the dust finally settles on the stock price, the real issue is whether these newly minted millionaires will be as visionary with their other IPO—their […]
