This 2014 report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the intersection of kids, race and opportunity. The report features the new Race for Results index, which compares how children are progressing on key milestones across racial and ethnic groups at the national and state level.
This statement of principles was developed to guide the leadership institutions of the D5 Coalition, setting an aspirational standard of operating practice as it relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The principles can be used as a guide for foundations and institutions as they engage in their own reflective process.
In a recent post on The Funders’ Network blog, Paula Dressel of JustPartners, Inc. and co-author of D5’s Analysis of Policies, Practices, and Programs for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) states, “Most foundations’ missions cannot be optimally achieved without explicit attention to inequities that run the fault lines of race, gender, LGBTQ status, and disabilities.” In short, […]
While Analysis of Policies, Practices, & Programs Reveals Factors in Successful DEI Advancement, Opportunities Remain to Institutionalize Practices & Address Equity CHICAGO, IL – A scan of philanthropy commissioned by the D5 Coalition has revealed emerging trends within the sector to successfully advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The comprehensive scan, which reviewed written and […]
In this 2008 speech at the Waldemar Nielsen Issue Forums in Philanthropy, Georgetown Public Policy Institute in Washington, Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies President and CEO, spoke about how foundations must take race into account in all of their work.
