Greenlining Report on Foundation Board Diversity

As promised yesterday, the Greenlining report on diversity of foundation boards is now available.  here are the key findings from the report:

• One out of four board members of 46 largest foundations in the United States are people of color, including: 8.0 % who are Latino; 12.5% who are African American and 4.5% who are Asian American
• 28.3% of the top 46 foundations have no people of color on their boards at all, including: 56.5% have no Latinos; 37.8% have no African Americans; and 69.6% have no Asian Americans
• Foundations with diverse boards are also overwhelmingly the most diverse in their grantmaking; 47.1% of all grants to people of color-led organizations in 2005 were made by the foundations with the top 10 most diverse boards

For the entire Greenlining report “Diversity on Foundation Boards of Directors,” go to the Greenlinging website at http://www.greenlining.org/resources/pdfs/foundationboarddiversityreport2009.pdf

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