Trading Glass Ceilings for Glass Cliffs: A Race to Lead Report on Nonprofit Executives of Color
The Building Movement Project has released Trading Glass Ceilings for Glass Cliffs: A Race to Lead Report on Nonprofit Executives of Color, which focuses on the experiences and challenges of nonprofit leaders of color who have attained the top position in their organizations. It builds upon the findings of the 2019 Race to Lead Revisited report, as […]
Making (Or Taking) Space: Initial Themes on Nonprofit Transitions from White to BIPOC Leaders
This report was written by the Building Movement Project on behalf of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. It seeks to inform the question: What, specifically, is the responsibility of organizations with white leaders transitioning out of these roles to support incoming leaders of color? Background The Robert Sterling Clark Foundation (RSCF) has observed that many […]
The Burden of Bias in the Bay State: The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in Massachusetts
The Building Movement Project has released The Burden of Bias in the Bay State: The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in Massachusetts. This report offers findings from the subset of 2019 respondents who work in Massachusetts. It builds upon the findings of the 2019 Race to Lead Revisited report, as well as a previous report on […]
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 from a survey of over 400 nonprofit executive directors and CEOs of color from across the United States. These leaders answered questions about the effects […]
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 color-led (POC) nonprofit organizations and their communities, programs, leadership, and financial sustainability. The report also provides recommendations to strengthen these nonprofits, leaders of color, and […]
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 on the survey responses collected from over 5,200 nonprofit staff in 2019. The New Mexico brief offers findings from the subset of 2019 survey respondents […]
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 based on the survey responses collected from over 5,200 nonprofit staff in 2019. The Memphis area brief offers findings from the subset of 2019 survey […]
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 of race and leadership in nonprofit settings. The report focuses on three key findings that challenge individual organizations and the sector at large to move […]
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 same questions asked in the 2016 survey, which informed the original Race to Lead report, and new questions exploring the financial circumstances of respondents and […]
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 15, 2017 and while the bill itself is worthy of celebration, the people and organizations that worked together to bring about this success also deserve […]