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Did nonprofit leadership become more racially diverse after 2020? 

Candid

Are more people of color serving in nonprofit leadership roles? Have we closed the racial leadership gap? Native American is the least represented race/ethnicity, accounting for less than 1% of CEOs each year. The answer is…yes and no.

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The Perils of Black Leadership

NonProfit Quarterly

from Pixabay Race plays an outsized role in how people experience leadership, with White leaders widely considered to be the norm. 1] In spite of the salience of race in the experience of leadership, there is not much study of the Black leadership experience. Image Credit: Van3ssa ?

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Nonprofit Legal Compliance in an Unfriendly Political Environment

NonProfit Quarterly

Ensure that your organization is in compliance with all applicable employment laws , it has written policies to guide leadership toward such compliance, and it considers policies that address employee wellbeing and participation in leadership. Dissatisfied employees heighten legal risks.

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20 Leaders Selected for 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship

NonProfit Leadership Center

Even though that number has increased over the years, she continued to see a lack of representation at the C-suite and senior leadership levels of organizations. "I I know there are individuals like me who are qualified to be in leadership positions in the community. I found myself constantly asking why they weren't there.

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Enough Is Enough: Leading With Equity in 2025 and Beyond For Success

Fundraising Leadership

Leadership of inclusive teams leads to success. The mission of Take The Lead since its founding 10 years ago, by co-founder and president Gloria Feldt, has been to work towards and achieve gender and racial equity across all industries in leadership. Embracing differences in a leadership role engenders not only changes, but gains.

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How to Build a Just and Effective Public Sector Workforce System

NonProfit Quarterly

Members of vulnerable groups continue to face systemic challenges that correlate with race, ethnicity, gender, age, and geography. Even amid low rates of official unemployment, millions of Americans are locked out from receiving the benefits of full-time work and a good job due to overlapping structural barriers and discrimination.

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What to know about U.S. nonprofit sector demographics 

Candid

nonprofit sector—in terms of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status? How does leadership diversity vary by organization size, revenue, subsector, and state? This suggests that the racial leadership gap is especially large for larger organizations.” What’s the demographic composition of the U.S.