This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The systems and policies that guide the U.S. financial industry have helped create a wide and long-standing racial wealth gap. In 2019, the typical white family had eight times the wealth…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. U.S.-based environmental NGOs are employing more people of color, but foundations continue to disproportionately fund more white-led organizations than those led by people of color, a report from Green 2.0 finds. Based…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Implicit bias training does not meaningfully influence the part of the brain largely responsible for implicit bias and our instinctive reactions others who we do not consider to be our in-group,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I am thrilled to share a few thoughts today about how corporations are advancing equity—what are some lessons learned and what is needed going forward? By way of introduction, I’ve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The support that BoardSource provides to individual nonprofit leaders and organizations is strengthened by our broader research to identify and map trends within the nonprofit sector and to unleash the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The collective racialized forces of over-policing (i.e., policy, planning, law enforcement/policing, and polity) Black physical mobility in the US has led to adverse social, political, economic, and health outcomes that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While nearly all foundation leaders reported making changes to their grantmaking efforts in 2020, not all are necessarily planning to sustain those changes, a report from the Center for Effective…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May 2021, Howard University, one of the United States’ leading historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), rolled out a major fundraising effort for a new facility and endowment for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The impact of hazard exposures such as stormwater runoff is rarely evenly felt across a community. Neighborhoods of color, particularly of low-wealth, will often face worse stormwater problems especially in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is well-known that African Americans suffer from higher rates of heart disease than their fellow citizens. There is significant, if not conclusive, evidence that racism-driven stress is a likely factor. Hopeful new research suggests schools can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Families are the foundation of our society, and every family deserves the opportunity for a healthy start. But the reality is that stark birth inequities prevent many from a chance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been about 50 years since we graduated from college — Scripps College class of ’71 and Miami University of Ohio class of ’74. We’ve both spent our adult lives…