An Action Guide for Nonprofit Board Diversity

ABSTRACT

Involvement on nonprofit organization boards provides a powerful opportunity to engage emerging leaders of historically marginalized groups in community life. Yet, many nonprofit boards reflect limited social diversity and board leaders are surprisingly passive and unreflective about diversity issues. This article outlines a planned process that community practitioners, agency administrators and board leaders can use to enhance board social diversity.

Key Words:

• Nonprofit organizations
• boards
• diversity
• community organization/development