Foundations Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion sought

Posted by on December 10, 2012

The D5 Coalition has commissioned the OMG Center for Collaborative Learning, a Philadelphia-based evaluation, strategic research and planning non-profit organization, to conduct “insights on diversity” research that will provide actionable insights for leaders who want to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the field of philanthropy. The OMG Center will examine how foundation and grantee activities intersect to broaden DEI in grantee practices. The project will determine where there are opportunities for foundations to reinforce diversity, equity, and inclusion through interactions with grantees. The study also seeks to better understand the opportunities that exist to build effective DEI practice through the foundation-grantee interactions associated with the grant cycle.

The OMG Center is seeking referrals of diverse “exemplar foundations” that include specific DEI investment strategies for  understanding the ways inequities and disparities are produced and maintained for populations, request specific intervention strategies about how grantees will advance DEI in programming for groups of interest, and seek out and promote resources and expertise for grantees and philanthropies to strengthen DEI in their practice.

The OMG Center would like to include “exemplar  foundations”  representing:

-Different geographic regions
-Different annual giving sizes (lesser known foundations especially)
-Different foundation types (independent, individual/family, community, and corporate)

Please email georgia@omgcenter.org with any foundation recommendations.