Nonprofit ‘Salary Secrecy’ Targeted in the Name of Pay Equity
Organizations are facing pressure to be transparent about pay, particularly when hiring. Making salaries public could help close gender and racial pay gaps and end wage discrimination.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
To Achieve Racial Equity, Invest in the College Success of Parents
Student parents are often overlooked and underfunded. But addressing their challenges is critical to tackling many of the most pervasive and complex problems our country faces.
By Nicole Lynn Lewis and Vinice Davis
Disclosing Salaries Is Good for the Fundraising Profession and Society as a Whole
The CEO of the Association of Fundraising Professionals takes issue with an argument against including salaries in job postings.
Nonprofit Salaries Should Absolutely Be Disclosed in Job Ads
Vincent Robinson’s recent op-ed in the Chronicle of Philanthropy makes faulty arguments and does little to further equity in the nonprofit world, say some critics.
There were bright spots in the data, like 56% of respondents reporting they have a “strong understanding” of DEI concepts, up from 43 percent in 2019. But Communications Network leaders were disappointed to see little change in other key areas.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
They drove ambulances, administered oxygen, and kept the health-care system running when the coronavirus struck, but many of these workers struggle to advance in their careers without assistance. Grant makers interested in work-force development can help.
By Tamar Jacoby
Contributor
Zoom Gives a Boost to Nonprofit’s Work Advancing Racial Healing
The move to videoconferencing helped the Winter Institute reach more people with its workshops, while allowing participants to connect on a human level and discuss difficult subjects. See our special section on nonprofits’ <a href="https://sandbox.philanthropy.com/package/creative-moves">creative ideas for getting through a year of crises</a> and how groups are building on those ideas to shape the future.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
To understand why it’s important to support healing-focused approaches to structural racism, philanthropy should take time to learn the horrible history of government-sanctioned boarding schools designed to obliterate Indigenous cultures.
By Erik Stegman
Contributor
Fund for Black-Led Grassroots Groups Is Upending Traditional Grant Making
The $14 million Southern Power Fund has given nearly $10 million to primarily Black-led, grassroots organizations in the South since last fall.
By Olivera Perkins
Contributor
The ‘Show the Salary’ Campaign Is the Wrong Battle for Achieving Nonprofit Workplace Diversity
Publishing salaries upfront both hurts the ability of organizations to assemble a diverse candidate pool and fails to result in higher salaries for those who receive job offers.
By Vincent Robinson
Contributor
Former Mellon Foundation Leader Discusses Reparations and the George Floyd Murder
Earl Lewis has developed a program for nine universities to work with their communities to develop research-based reparation solutions that could be expanded across the country.
5 Years After the Pulse Massacre: Lessons for Philanthropy
A fund that gave decision making to those touched by the tragedy led to long-term gains in advocacy — and healing efforts that made a real difference.
Biden Signals Equity Focus With Appointment of Michael Smith to Lead AmeriCorps
Smith currently is executive director of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance. His appointment as CEO of AmeriCorps will require Senate confirmation.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Embracing Feminism Can Change Philanthropy and Create a More Equitable World
Well-known women philanthropists like MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates are showing what’s possible if we move beyond traditional giving approaches. Now we need to expand their approaches on a large scale.
By Rena Greifinger
Contributor
Grant makers should invest long-term in dismantling the root causes of anti-Asian violence — specifically, white-supremacy culture — rather than sporadically and in short-term bursts pouring funds into the minority group du jour.
By Sayu Bhojwani
Contributor
The Biden administration’s decision to waive intellectual property rights for the Covid-19 vaccine is a remarkable first step toward remaking a monopolistic, profit-driven system that is literally killing people. American philanthropy needs to join the growing global movement to create a new approach.
By Priti Krishtel
Contributor