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Asking better questions to create more equitable outcomes 

Candid

We know individuals’ experiences and outcomes can vary by race and ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and other characteristics. This includes, for example, nonprofit staff.  Explicitly address racial and ethnic inequities and identify solutions that are relevant and build on community strengths. The Annie E.

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Nonprofit Legal Compliance in an Unfriendly Political Environment

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Broad segments of the nonprofit sector are concerned about the new presidential administration and the threats it poses to nonprofit organizations.

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How does grantmaker CEO compensation compare with grantmaking? 

Candid

Continuing with Candid’s supplemental exploration of CEO salaries and staff salaries compared to inflation , let’s take a look at how CEO pay stacks up against their organizations’ grantmaking dollars. While nonprofit organizations’ finances are regularly put under a microscope, grantmakers’ finances typically come under less scrutiny.

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Why do smaller nonprofit organizations tend to have more diverse boards? 

Candid

nonprofit sector report, released in May, analyzes the demographic composition of nonprofit staff, leaders, and board members in terms of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status. The post Why do smaller nonprofit organizations tend to have more diverse boards?

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Rest: A Middle Finger to Oppression, a Road Map to Justice by Shawn Ginwright

NonProfit Quarterly

Researchers have found that the duration, quality, and frequency of rest in general and sleep in particular are shaped by income level, housing conditions, employment status, type of work, and race. Rest and race are intertwined, and it all boils down to who has the right to rest and under what conditions rest and leisure should be granted.

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One foundation’s quest for better demographic data

Candid

We are in the midst of a timely and important discussion in philanthropy about increasing support to organizations led by people of color and women. based 501c3 organizations can “claim” their profile. based 501c3 organizations update the race and gender data in their GuideStar profile.

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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 ? A somewhat different perspective.is