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Diversity Resources
Resources to help grantmakers address diversity issues in their work
Tools
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Articles
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Tools
Diversity Practices in Philanthropic
Organizations
This special chapter of MCF's Principles for
Grantmakers and Practice Options for Philanthropic Organizations
documents offers foundations and corporate giving programs some fresh
ideas, good practices and current examples of diversity work in the
field.
"Race Matters" Toolkit
Developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this toolkit is designed to help decisionmakers,
advocates and elected officials address policies and practices that contribute to inequitable
outcomes for children, families, and communities. The toolkit includes a PowerPoint presentation
that offers fact sheets on key areas (health, education, income security, etc.), a racial
equity impact analysis tool, community building strategies, and an organizational
self-assessment.
Reports
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"Working Towards Diversity III" Report
Minnesota Council on Foundations, June 2005
MCF's third five-year benchmark
report on diversity, which reports
incremental improvements in applying strategies for inclusiveness among
Minnesota grantmakers.
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Addressing Diversity:
Making a Difference in Our
Communities
Center for Rural Policy and Development
This report highlights diversity programs in various Minnesota
communities.
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Short Changed: Foundation Giving
and
Communities of Color
Applied Research Center, Spring 2004
This report discusses ways foundations concerned with social justice
have supported efforts.
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"The
Meaning and Impact of Board and Staff Diversity in the Philanthropic
Field"
Joint Affinity Groups, May 2002
This report shows that the philanthropy field has made some
progress in becoming more diverse, but still faces many important
challenges in addressing diversity issues if grantmakers are to
respond effectively to the needs of the communities they serve.
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"Working
Toward Diversity II" Report
Minnesota Council on
Foundations, Sept. 2000
MCF's
survey of Minnesota grantmakers' inclusive practices and successful
and unsuccessful strategies to meet diversity goals.
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Cultures
of Caring: Philanthropy in
Diverse American Communities
Council on Foundations
This report offers viewpoints on philanthropy from affluent donors who
are African American, Asian American, Latino and Native American. The
donors share their feelings about giving; how they select the
organizations they support; how they feel about establishing private
foundations, setting up funds in community foundations and
contributing to existing charities.
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What
Foundation Boards Are Saying About Diversity
Council on Foundations, 2003
In this paper, diverse board members from foundations across the
country share their experiences of board service. The paper offers a
candid distillation of the realities of board service from a board
members' point of view.
Articles
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Diversity
Matters
Giving Forum, Spring 2001
Profiles of how four Minnesota
grantmakers are supporting diversity in different societal roles.
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What We've Learned: Ten Years of Building
Grantmaking in Communities of Color
Giving Forum, Fall 2002
The Saint Paul Foundation
describes lessons it has learned in the first ten years of managing
the Diversity Endowment Funds, which seek to build
a bridge to communities of color and provide a mechanism for raising
funds, identifying interest areas and allocating charitable dollars.
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Black Giving
in Minnesota: The Tradition Continues
Giving
Forum, Fall 1995
An overview of the history of African
American philanthropy in Minnesota, written by Emmett D. Carson and
David V. Taylor.
Web Links
Links to philanthropy-related sites and resources on diverse communities and cultures
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