Resources

JUSTICE AND EQUITY INITIATIVE | EQUITY COMMITMENT | RESOURCES | TRAININGS

The contents of this page will reflect our own learning and provide resources to others who struggle and strive to learn with us as we build an equity-based organizational culture. We’ll be updating it as we go, so if you have equity resources to share, please let us know at staff@thecne.org.

• BoardSource
• Nonprofit Quarterly
• National Council of Nonprofits
• Fakequity
• Nonprofit AF

• Race to Lead: Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap – Sean Thomas-Breitfeld and Frances Kunreuther (Article)
• The State of Diversity in the Nonprofit Sector – Community Wealth Partners (Article)
• Analysis of Policies, Practices, and Programs For Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion– D5 Coalition (Article)
• Racial Equity: Getting to Results – Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race and Equity (Article)
• The Nonprofit Sector Has a Ferguson Problem – The Nonprofit Quarterly (Article)

• Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture, Equity in the Center (Framework)
• Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide – Annie E. Casey Foundation (Guidelines)
• Practical Ideas for Improving Equity and Inclusion at Nonprofits – Stanford Social Innovation Review (Guidelines)

• Why We Need to End the Culture of “Cultural Fit” – Nonprofit AF (Article)
• For Women and Minorities to Get Ahead, Managers Must Assign Work Fairly – Harvard Business Review (Article)
• Culture, Inclusion, and Nonprofit Competence: The Unbreakable Links – Steve Dubb, Nonprofit Quarterly (Article)
• How to Spot Unconscious Bias at Work – Business Insider (Article)
• Equal Employment Opportunity – U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Resource Page)
• Authentic Workplaces Don’t Try to Make Everyone the Same – Harvard Business Review (Article)
• Cultural Intelligence – Harvard Business Review (Article)
• The MSW@USC Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power and Privilege (Resource Page)

• The Inclusive Nonprofit Boardroom – Nonprofit Quarterly (Article)
• Beyond Political Correctness: Building a Diverse Board – Bridgespan (Article)

• Race Equity Cycle Pulse Check – Equity in the Center (Online assessment)
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Assessment – Michigan Nonprofit Association (Online assessment)
• Nonprofit Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 2.0: Assessing Where You Are Today and Defining Where You Want to Be – Nonprofit HR (Guidelines)
• Organizational Self-Assessment Toolkit – BARHII (Tool/Template)
• Self Assessment Tools and Documents – National Center for Cultural Competence (Tool/Template)
• Tools for Assessing Cultural Competence – NCBI (Tool/Template)
• Advancing the Mission: Tools for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – Anne E. Casey Foundation (Tool/Template)
• Racial Equity Tools – Racial Equity Tools (Tool/Template)