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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Amir Geshani on unsplash.com As nonprofit organizations become more racially, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse, are nonprofit boards lagging behind? This leaves out important perspectives that cut across the sector—especially in nonprofits that work directly with people with disabilities.

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Protecting Nonprofits That Protect Us During Crises—and Beyond

NonProfit Quarterly

We gathered a sizable national sampling of 374 BIPOC-led organizations, 719 white-led organizations, and 75 organizations whose leaders’ racial or ethnic identities spanned multiple categories, none of the presented categories, or was unknown. Strong communities need strong nonprofits.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The WHAT IF Conference is for anyone who supports nonprofit organizations, especially staff and board members, volunteers, donors, foundations and corporate funders. The BoardSource Leadership Forum (BLF) is a global conference focused on nonprofit leadership at the highest level – the board of directors. Nonprofit Management.