Nonprofit leaders of color face unique challenges when fundraising for their organizations. According to the Nonprofit Executives and the Racial Leadership Gap: A Race to Lead Brief, leaders of color, on average, have smaller budgets and report a lack of access to, and challenges securing, financial support from a variety of funding sources.

In this conversation, Starsha Valentine, Charles Stephens, and Xandy McKinley shared their experiences, strategies, and tools to help BIPOC leaders improve their fundraising strategies. They explored their individual experiences as Black professionals working with nonprofit organizations, discussed challenges, and successes.

Hiring staff, managing the finances, and measuring impact can all feel daunting for any founder hoping to do their work effectively. Social justice organizations have seen the same turnover and burnout rates as many traditional nonprofit organizations citing things such as toxic work environment, ineffectual leadership, and interpersonal conflict. But these are only symptoms of a system not built to support the work and the people doing it. 

An effective Board of Directors is a critical component of leadership for any nonprofit organization. For BIPOC-led organizations, the board’s roles, responsibilities, and engagement could be the difference between a sustainable future and an uncertain one. This month, we’ll take a look at six roles of the board and why their engagement is important for the health of your organization.

We’ve all seen the headlines across numerous journals: Black-led nonprofit organizations receive less funding, grow at a slower pace, and are under-resourced compared to their white-led peers. 

As recently as 2019, Echoing Green and Bridgespan’s Racial Equity and Philanthropy report found that “...on average the revenues of the Black-led organizations are 24 percent smaller than the revenues of their white-led counterparts.

This interactive timeline, created by Black Feminist Future, seeks to amplify Black feminist leaders, movements, and organizations throughout time. Black Feminist Future is a community initiative formed by members of the African American feminist community, with the aim of amplifying the power of black women and girls in community organizing and online engagement. To go to the interactive timeline click here.

The Building Movement Project has released this report which focuses on the experiences and challenges of nonprofit leaders of color who have attained the top position in their organizations. It builds upon the findings of the 2019 Race to Lead Revisited report, as well as a previous report on nonprofit executives from the 2016 Race to Lead survey data.