White men are most likely to lead the largest, best-funded nonprofits, while women of color tend to lead the organizations with the fewest financial resources, according to a study from the nonprofit data research organization Candid released Thursday.

White men are most likely to lead the largest, best-funded nonprofits, while women of color tend to lead the organizations with the fewest financial resources, according to a study from the nonprofit data research organization Candid.

“The State of Diversity in the U.S. Nonprofit Sector” report released by Candid on Thursday is the largest demographic study of the nonprofit sector, based on diversity information provided by nearly 60,000 public charities.

  • girlfreddyOP
    22·
    6 months ago

    From the article …

    The report found that environmental and animal welfare groups were least likely to have diverse leadership, with 88% having a white CEO. Nearly three-quarters of religious nonprofits had white CEOs, according to the report.

    • BOMBS@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      environmental and animal welfare groups were least likely to have diverse leadership

      Interesting! I wonder why that would be the case. Any ideas?

      • Maddier1993@programming.dev
        7·
        6 months ago

        My longshot hypothesis: White people generally don’t face the same hardships that marginalized groups face… i.e. unable to realize presence of any glass ceiling of their fellow POC or women cohorts.

        So their experience filters out candidate problems that require their immediate attention. POC or LGBT fight for their community of POC or LGBT people as they grow up facing the same problems.

        White people probably don’t have most of the people problems and thus turn towards Animal or Environmental welfare.