Selecting Facts to Collect about Your Field
This worksheet was created by The Denver Foundation's Inclusiveness Project (http://www.nonprofitinclusiveness.org/) to support organizations doing inclusiveness work.
Users are encouraged to customize the worksheet (both content and formatting) to meet the needs of their respective organizations. A Word version is attached. A writable PDF version is also attached.
There are many types of information that may be helpful for you to collect about your field.
Instructions
- Select the areas that are most relevant to your inclusiveness initiative.
- For each area, mark an "X" to indicate on the following charts whether the area is a high priority or low priority for your inclusiveness assessment process. You need not begin gathering information at this point; first, simply focus on determining the priority level for each area.
- Use the "other" lines to add other priority areas.
Field-Wide Facts on Clients/Beneficiaries
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Field Information |
High Priority |
Low Priority |
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1. Racial/ethnic breakdown |
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2. Income levels |
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3. Percentage of immigrant and U.S.-born individuals |
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4. Historical information on changes of constituent groups (board, staff, clients or customers, volunteers, donors, or the community) |
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5. Projected changes of constituent groups |
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Other |
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Other |
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Other |
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Field-Wide Facts on Staff/Board/Volunteers
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Field Information |
High Priority |
Low Priority |
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1. Racial/ethnic breakdown |
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2. Income levels |
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3. Percentage of immigrant and U.S.-born individuals |
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Other |
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Other |
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Other |
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Field-Wide Facts on Inclusiveness Topics
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Field Information |
High Priority |
Low Priority |
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1. Best practices and barriers in the field in relation to inclusiveness |
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2. Data on the extent to which people of color are impacted by the issue that our field addresses (e.g., African Americans and diabetes; Native Americans and higher education scholarships) |
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3. Market research on attitudes of people of color toward the field |
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4. Data on giving trends of people of color to the field |
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Other |
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Other |
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Other |
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Other Information on Similar Organizations
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Field Information |
High Priority |
Low Priority |
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1. Mission and values |
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2. Board of directors |
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3. Personnel: staffing, recruiting, hiring/firing, promotions, mentoring |
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4. Organizational culture |
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5. Volunteers and helpers |
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6. Programs and constituents |
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7. Marketing and community relations |
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8. Fundraising and membership |
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Other |
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Other |
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Other |
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Other Field-Wide Facts Relevant to Our Organization
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Field Information |
High Priority |
Low Priority |
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Other |
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Other |
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Other |
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Name of Organization __________________________________________
Date Worksheet Completed _________
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