Nearly three-quarters of Massachusetts survey respondents agreed that “executive recruiters don't do enough to find a diverse pool of qualified candidates for top-level nonprofit positions."

Agreement with the statement that people of color have a harder time raising money than white nonprofit leaders was similar between Massachusetts and the national sample, both of which showed a gap of more than 20 percentage points between people of color and whites.

One-third of Massachusetts respondents of color indicated that their race had negatively impacted their career advancement.

Respondents of color—both nationally and in Massachusetts—were more likely than whites to report that they had too few opportunities for advancement, but there was a 12 percentage point gap between white and POC respondents in Massachusetts and just a four percentage point gap in the national data.

A key finding in the national Race to Lead report was that respondents of color were more interested in pursuing nonprofit leadership positions than white respondents. A similar pattern can be found in Massachusetts, where almost half of respondents of color aspire to nonprofit chief executive officer/executive director (CEO/ED) roles.