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As a follow-up to our Giving in Indiana study (released earlier this year), Indiana Philanthropy Alliance is pleased to share this snapshot of promising practices for advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in Indiana philanthropy. Throughout our state, foundations are incorporating the values of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) into their organizational cultures; engaging diverse populations as staff, board members, donors, and grantees; and working to make their communities more welcoming places. This report is an effort to capture a sampling of these endeavors.
The Grantmaker Salary and Benefits (GSB) Report is the philanthropic sector's leading source of comprehensive data on U.S. foundation staff, helping organizations of all sizes craft budgets, recruit and retain talent, and set personnel policies. The 2024 GSB Report features salary data for 11,380 full-time staff across 1,006 grantmaking organizations. It includes benchmarking data for 38 distinct positions, staff tenure insights such as departure and turnover rates, demographic information, and more.
If you participated in the 2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey, you can access the Council on Foundations’ benchmarking tool on Benchmark Central to run salary, benefits, and demographics comparisons by asset size, grants, geographic location, and grantmaker type.
Members of the Council on Foundations can access the report for free; nonmember price is $549.
PEAK Grantmaking is working to better understand and build the capacity of grantmakers for collecting and utilizing demographic data as part of their grantmaking. Their work is focused on answering four key questions:
- What demographic data are grantmakers collecting and why?
- How are they collecting these demographic data?
- How is demographic data being used and interpreted?
- How can funders use demographic data to inform their work?
With the help of Kelly Brown, former Executive Director of the D5 Coalition, and an advisory committee of grantmakers, PEAK has completed an expansive survey, interviews with grantmakers, and field research on these four questions.
The Ford Institute for Community Building, a program of The Ford Family Foundation, works to help community leaders learn how to implement local solutions based on principles of effective community building. This paper describes the development and work of the The Ford Institute for Community Building.
Food is essential. But how often do you consider where your food comes from?This issue of What Funders Need to Know from the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers explores the stages of the food system, from production all the way to disposal. Why is this important to philanthropy?
Because hunger, food insecurity, nutrition-related chronic disease, the health of resource lands and waterways, wages, and equal opportunity in the food economy all converge in our regional food system.
This weekly conference call series welcomed New Jersey-based grantmakers along with national funders and provided an opportunity for grantmakers to hear from a wide range of experts in the field of disaster philanthropy. This series started on November 5, 2012, one week after Sandy struck New Jersey, and continued through March 25, 2013. The audio files of each recording are listed below.
Update from The President's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force (3/25/13)
Environmental Justice Issues (3/18/13)
Update from the Governor's Office of Recovery and Rebuilding & Universal Design (3/11/13)
Governor & Mrs. Christie's Hurricane Sandy NJ Relief Fund & Report on Ocean/Monmouth Tour (3/4/13)
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, Vermont Community Foundation (2/25/13)
NJ Recovery Fund and Post Sandy Environmental Issues and Challenges (2/11/13)
Housing Issues Related to Natural Disasters and Post Hurricane Sandy (2/4/13)
FEMA's Long Term Recovery and Capacity Building Team (1/28/13)
Reports from NJ's Long Term Recovery Groups and Environmental Leaders Meeting (1/14/13)
Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, Director of the Office of International & Philanthropic Innovation (1/7/13)
Dr. April Naturale - Mental Health Issues Resulting from Disasters (12/17/12)
Peter Kasabach, Executive Director of New Jersey Future (12/10/12)
Byron Mason of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (12/3/12)
John Grady Davies, President of Baton Rouge Area Foundation (11/26/12)
Cathy McCann, President of NJ Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (11/19/12)
Jera Stribling, Executive Director of Bruno Foundation and FEMA (11/12/12)
FEMA - Long Term Recovery Office (11/5/12)