Promoting Diversity Goes Hand in Hand with the Push for Effectiveness

Promoting Diversity Goes Hand in Hand with the Push for Effectiveness

"For many years, foundations and nonprofits have deliberately been on a path toward greater organizational effectiveness. Two noted commentators have in recent weeks suggested that the current approach has an unintentional but fatal flaw: It hurts nonprofits dedicated to promoting social justice and equity — especially those that work on the toughest but potentially most important problems.

Instead, we propose building on the good work on nonprofit effectiveness that has taken shape over the last couple of decades and integrate elements of equity, diversity, and inclusion into those frameworks."

Read the full article, co-authored with Fay Twersky of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, on Philanthropy.com

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