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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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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Problem With Problem-Solving Solving problems to improve people’s lives has been philanthropy’s raison d’être. However, some criticisms have arisen regarding the approach philanthropies take in problem-solving. Can this vision be applied to philanthropy? Three examples demonstrate the Zero-Problem Philanthropy approach.

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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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Recentering Philanthropy toward Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

This is an experience that a lot of people who have been participating in philanthropy for decades are unaware of— the lived experiences of people of color with wealth and the type of philanthropy that they have contributed over decades. It looks different. It’s not institutional. And a lot of it is just not visible. CS: Really?

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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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Creating partnerships: Closing the gender pay gap by challenging the status quo together 

Candid

Furthermore, gender- and race-based biases continue to shape how many view women’s roles and relegate women to lower pay and less financial security. Hall concluded that “bias, not pipeline issues or personal choices, pushes women out of science—and that bias plays out differently depending on a woman’s race or ethnicity.”

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How MacKenzie Scott Is Giving Her Money Away

NonProfit Quarterly

Based on data published by Yield Giving, the report explores how funds have been awarded and offers a breakdown of the impact Scott’s philanthropy is having across many sectors. Increasing Consistency Among the report’s key findings is that MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropy has become more consistent in terms of both focus areas and geography.