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Inside Inclusiveness: Race, Ethnicity, and Nonprofit Organizations

• A research report on nonprofit organizations in Metro Denver; best practices and barriers, from The Denver Foundation (in Executive Summary and Full Report versions).
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A Report from the Pipeline: Reflections on the Nonprofit Sector from People of Color in Metro Denver

• Reflections of more than 200 emerging and established community leaders of color, from The Denver Foundation.
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Inclusiveness at Work: How to Build Inclusive Nonprofit Organizations includes 218 pages of narrative, 220 pages of worksheets, and 35 pages of appendices.

The workbook includes:

• An assessment to help you determine your organization's readiness to take on inclusiveness work.
• Definitions of inclusiveness and of inclusive organizations.
• Information about the benefits of being inclusive with numerous worksheets to support your organization in articulating benefits of being inclusive that are specific to your organization.
• Order $35 hard copy version. Since the workbook was published in 2005, the content has remained the same in the print version. When we launched the Inclusiveness Project Web site in 2008, we adapted that content for the Web site with only minor changes (e.g., not using the word "module"; not numbering worksheets by chapter numbers of the print version). But in late 2009, we made substantive changes in the content of Step 3 (Making the Case). We encourage you to print off the new narrative and worksheets from the Web site and insert them in your hard copy of the workbook, so that you are working with the most current content. You can find these materials at www.nonprofitinclusiveness.org/step-3-making-case. The hard copy of the workbook is still a medium that many people prefer using. And users of the hard copy can be assured that we will inform you of future content changes that are posted to the Web site.
• Download complete PDF version. (NOTE: The original workbook was divided into 18 modules of content. The content in the modules has been re-configured on this website into topical categories, so there is no mention of the term "module." But in the downloaded PDF version, the content retains its modular organization.)
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents and Introduction
  • Module 1: Creating a Structure for Your Initiative
  • Module 2: Inclusiveness Training
  • Module 3: Hiring Inclusiveness Consultants
  • Module 4: Creating the Case for Inclusiveness See note above about online revision of this content.
  • Module 5: Information Gathering, Part 1: Available Facts
  • Module 6: Information Gathering, Part 2: Stakeholder Perspectives
  • Module 7: Information Gathering, Part 3: Compiling Results
  • Module 8: Creating the Framework for an Inclusiveness Blueprint
  • Module 9: Mission and Organizational Values
  • Module 10: Board of Directors
  • Module 11: Personnel
  • Module 12: Organizational Culture
  • Module 13: Volunteers and Helpers
  • Module 14: Programs and Constituents
  • Module 15: Marketing and Community Relations
  • Module 16: Fundraising and Membership
  • Module 17: Completing Your Inclusiveness Blueprint
  • Module 18: Implementing Your Inclusiveness Blueprint
  • Appendix A: Overview of Content
  • Appendix B: Inside Inclusiveness: Race, Ethnicity, and Nonprofit Organizations: A Research Report by Katherine Pease & Associates
  • Appendix C: Resource List (Bibliography)
  • Appendix D: Sample Blueprint for XYZ Organization

Katherine Pease (http://www.katherinepease.com/) is the primary author of Inclusiveness At Work and a consultant providing specialized services to nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. She is also author of "Job Satisfaction and Perceptions of Race-Related Discrimination and Conflict in Nonprofit Organizations."

Bibliography from Inclusiveness At Work.

Executive Summary: Final Evaluation Report on the ENII Learning Community Organizations, January 2006 through December 2007 by OMNI Institute

• The Expanding Nonprofit Inclusiveness Initiative (ENII) of The Denver Foundation represented a unique effort to support the nonprofit sector in developing effective responses to the changing racial-ethnic make-up of a major metropolitan center. ENII funded and supported eleven grantees, known as "Learning Community Organizations" (LCOs) for a two-year period. This evaluation report summarizes what was achieved and learned from the LCO component of the initiative.
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NOTE: The Denver Foundation materials are primarily designed for organizations historically governed by a predominantly white Board of Directors and run by a predominantly white staff. Some people refer to such organizations as dominant culture organizations. Organizations that are predominantly governed and run by people of color may also need to address issues of inclusiveness related to race and ethnicity; however, the research that has been conducted by The Denver Foundation and other resources consulted for this workbook generally do not address issues of race and ethnicity within organizations that are rooted in communities of color. Dynamics within different communities of color and between different communities of color can have complex nuances; thus, more research and tools are needed to address race-related issues in organizations with staffs and boards that are predominantly of color.