Our publications analyze current realities in nonprofits and provide innovative, practical recommendations for organizations to increase their impact.
Executive Summary: On the Frontlines
This Executive Summary provides a sampling of the data and findings from On the Frontlines: Nonprofits Led by People of Color Confront COVID-19 and Structural Racism based on data collected […]
On the Frontlines: Nonprofits Led by People of Color Confront COVID-19 and Structural Racism
The Building Movement Project’s report, On the Frontlines: Nonprofits Led by People of Color Confront COVID-19 and Structural Racism, shines a spotlight on how 2020’s social upheavals are affecting people of […]
The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in New Mexico: A Race to Lead Brief
The Building Movement Project has released The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in New Mexico: A Race to Lead Brief. This brief is part of a series of regional reports based […]
The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in the Memphis Area: A Race to Lead Brief
The Building Movement Project has released The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in the Memphis Area: A Race to Lead Brief. This brief is part of a series of regional reports […]
The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in the Milwaukee Area: A Race to Lead Brief
This report offers findings from the subset of 2019 survey respondents who work in the Milwaukee area. It builds upon the findings of the main report and explores how decades of discriminatory housing policies and economic hardship in the Milwaukee metropolitan area have resulted in one of the largest racial wealth gaps in the country.
The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in Central Texas: A Race to Lead Brief
This report offers findings from the subset of 2019 survey respondents who work in the Central Texas area. It builds upon the findings of the main report and explores how leadership networks in the Austin metropolitan area impact career and funding prospects, as well as the effectiveness of nonprofit efforts to address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap Executive Summary
Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap presents findings from BMP’s 2019 survey of more than 5,000 paid nonprofit staff on their experiences […]
Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap
This report presents findings from BMP’s 2019 survey of more than 5,000 nonprofit staff on their experiences of race and leadership in nonprofit settings. The survey included many of the […]
Collaboration Across Race in the Reproductive Movement: A Case Study of the Reproductive Health Equity Act in Oregon
This report explores the passage of the Reproductive Health Equity Act (RHEA), one of the most comprehensive reproductive health bills in the country. RHEA was signed into law on August […]
Nonprofit Executives and the Racial Leadership Gap: A Race to Lead Brief
This report explores gaps between executive leaders of color and white leaders and compares nonprofit executives to staff respondents. While nonprofit executives have difficult jobs regardless of race, challenges and burdens are often compounded by race and other features of identity.