New York City foundations and the nonprofit organizations they support have racially diverse staffs — but this diversity decreases at higher levels of seniority, according to a new report released by Philanthropy New York and the Foundation Center. 

The survey found that just 16% of CEOs at responding foundations were people of color. Among the ranks of administrative staff and program officers the ratios were 48% and 43% respectively. 

At the 540 nonprofits participating in the survey, 30 percent of CEOs were people of color.  More than half of managerial and support staff – 52% and 62% respectively – were people of color. Interestingly, over a third of nonprofits identifying themselves as “minority-led organizations” do not have a chief executive who is a person of color.

"There just hasn't been much information about diversity in New York City-area foundations and nonprofits," said Ronna Brown, President of Philanthropy New York. "That's something Philanthropy New York member foundations need as they decide how to respond to growing diversity in the nation, and in our sector. This report provides valuable data about the makeup of foundations and the organizations they fund; it's a service to our members and others who care about philanthropy, so they can have informed conversations about how to make and measure progress in the diversity of their organizations."

"Benchmarking Diversity fills an important information gap regarding the current diversity practices of foundations and nonprofit organizations," said Lawrence McGill, senior vice president for research at the Foundation Center and author of the report. "It provides New York City foundations and nonprofits with solid baseline data that will help to inform their decision-making in the future."

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I'm an african american who has been in human services since 1992. Ever since I can remember, my colleagues and I have observed the pyramid...the tendency for the front line workers to be black/latino, less of the middle managers to be black/latino and even fewer of the ceos to be black/latino. This is not news.

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