National

Women of Color

What It Looks Like to Build a Pro-Black Organization

Amilcar Cabral, Pan African leader of the Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde national independence struggle, wrote and spoke extensively about the need to fight for tangible, material changes for our...

CEO

R2L Revisited

Leadership Development Programs Need an Upgrade: Five Ways to Advance Racial Equity

As the nation grapples with “the great resignation” across a range of job industries since the start of the pandemic, employment challenges extend to the nonprofit sector as...

CEO

R2L Revisited

For Non-Profits in Racial Transition, It Can Be ‘Welcome to the Glass Cliff’

The Building Movement Project, where I am co-executive director, has released two reports on the experiences of nonprofit executives of color, the unique burdens they face when taking over leadership...

LGBTQ

National

R2L Revisited

For first Black, nonbinary GLSEN leader, intersectionality is key

She’s experienced both the “superpower of invisibility” & the “superpower of being deeply connected to those who are...

CEO

R2L Revisited

Nonprofit executives of color face unique challenges, report finds

Ascending to an executive position does not end struggles with racism for leaders of color in the nonprofit sector, and sometimes increases those challenges, a report from the Building Movement...

CEO

R2L Revisited

New Nonprofit Leaders of Color Bring Change but Also Face Hurdles

Before Joe Scantlebury became chief executive of Living Cities in September, he knew had a daunting task ahead. An unnamed group of employees who had fled the nonprofit made it...

CEO

As Nonprofit Leaders Pass the Baton, Let’s Use This Moment to Close the Race Gap.

The start of 2022 seems to be heralding bittersweet announcements from nonprofit chief executives about their intentions to pass the baton to new leaders....

Executive leaders of color who succeeded white leaders

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ED CEO 2019 Key Finding 3

While 49% of EDs/CEOs of color were actively mentoring staff of color as part of their plans for identifying a successor, only 23% of white EDs/CEOs planning for their transition...

ED CEO 2019 Key Finding 2

Most EDs/CEOs – regardless of race – were part of an executive transition. A small proportion (8%) of white EDs/CEOs followed a predecessor of color, while nearly half (46%) of...