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3 Takeaways From a New Report on Giving Trends by Race

NonProfit PRO

The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy released “The Giving Environment: Giving Trends by Race and Ethnicity” report. Here are three key findings from the report and how your nonprofit can begin to overcome the associated hurdles to reaching new demographics to support your cause.

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Did nonprofit leadership become more racially diverse after 2020? 

Candid

Native American is the least represented race/ethnicity, accounting for less than 1% of CEOs each year. For each year, we excluded nonprofits that skipped the question or declined to share their leader’s race/ethnicity as well as those whose leader’s race/ethnicity did not fall into one of the six categories.

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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? Unlike other identities such as race and gender, the share of LGBTQIA+ leaders is fairly constant across expenses and revenue sizes, at about 9%. What’s the demographic composition of the U.S.

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Building evidence and innovating programs to reduce disparities in children’s well-being 

Candid

Casey Foundation ’s 2024 Race for Results report suggests that continued efforts are needed to address persistent disparities in child well-being. The Race for Results report series tracks how children across racial and ethnic groups are faring at the state and national levels on key education, health, and economic milestones.

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Who is sharing nonprofit demographic data with Candid? 

Candid

To date, over 54,000 organizations have shared some data about how their staff and/or board identify by race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and/or disability status. Nonprofits are most likely to share data at the leader level and on gender and race/ethnicity. nonprofits through Candid’s nonprofit profiles.

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Does Your Nonprofit Need a DEI Language Guide? Why a Strength-Based Communication Guide Is a Better Choice

Prosper Strategies

These guides typically define the organization’s stance on the use of terms surrounding race, ethnicity, gender, ability, and other identity-based language. We’ve noticed a trend in the last couple years: more and more nonprofits are making the move to put together a DEI language guide or style guide.

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Making meaning of Candid’s free demographic data set 

Candid

The manual is divided into four parts: Part 1: Demographic collection and categories describes the types of demographic data Candid collects from nonprofits about race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability status, across different staffing levels. This section also outlines how the data is collected and stored.