Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
This document synthesizes themes and highlights lessons from the Knowledge Symposium on Diversity and Inclusion in Philanthropy: The Michigan Experience convened by the Council of Michigan Foundations and the Diversity in Philanthropy Project in March, 2009.
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This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.
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This toolkit from the Annie E. Casey Foundation is designed to help decision-makers, advocates, and elected officials get better results in their work by providing equitable opportunities for all.
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Supporting organized charitable giving and leveraging resources within communities of color on their own behalf is essential for driving social change, a report commissioned by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation argues. Cultures of Giving: Energizing and Expanding Philanthropy by and for Communities of Color notes that identity-based funds (which pool contributions from donors and redistribute those funds through grants to individuals or organizations working for social change in that community) raise and disburse nearly $400 million a year.
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This 2009 report provides results of the first demographic survey of Michigan foundations staff and trustees and community foundation youth advisory committee members and advisors.
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This webpage includes three publications "Ten Ways for Philanthropists to Consider Diversity and Inclusion," for family, community and independent foundations, along with "Leadership Insights," a video series.
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Instructions for The Survival Game played at the 2013 Youth Summer Leadership Conference.
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In 2009, the Community Research Institute (CRI) at the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University, on behalf of CMF, undertook an analysis of organizational policies of 11 foundations.
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This publication provides a comprehensive scan of existing written and web-based resources for foundation's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices.
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This guide is designed to help foundations consider how more diverse and inclusive practices might advance their mission by making their work more effective and more reflective of communities served.