The report, Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits, examines the racial, ethnic, and gender demographics of both foundations and nonprofit organizations in New York, as well as, to a limited extent, survey results on sexual orientation and people with disabilities in these organizations.
In addition the diversity of the staffs and boards of the foundations and nonprofits themselves, the study looks at other measures of diversity focus, including whether organizations have policies regarding board and staff diversity, whether foundations have policies regarding grantmaking diversity, and the actual proportion of grants awarded to specific population groups.
Ronna Brown, president of Philanthropy New York, finds that the report "... provides valuable data about the makeup of foundations and the organizations they fund; it's a service to our members and others who care about philanthropy, so they can have informed conversations about how to make and measure progress in the diversity of their organizations."
Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits is available for download at www.philanthropynewyork.org or at www.foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/specialtrends.
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