DEI Resources
FutureGood facilitates a network of brilliant philanthropic leaders that are leading diversity, equity, and inclusion change efforts both at their foundations and in the field. Below, is a curation of valuable resources and helpful articles about DEI written by and for the people who are leading the conversations.
FutureGood Training Resources
Webinar: Future of Equity
The murder of George Floyd has made even more visible the injustices in our community and now is a critical time for our organizations to do our part in creating a more equitable future. Join Trista Harris in this four-part series on creating an equitable future for your nonprofit or foundation and how to move from current reality to that ideal future.
- Future of Equity Webinar Session 1: Setting the Stage & Envisioning Your Ideal Future
- Future of Equity Webinar Session 2: Signals of the Future
- Future of Equity Webinar Session 3: Understanding Your Current Reality
- Future of Equity Webinar Session 4: Getting From Here to Your Ideal Future
- Future of Equity Webinar Session 5: Equitable Processes and Procedures
- Future of Equity Webinar Session 6: Refining your Hiring Process with a DEI Lens
- Future of Equity Webinar Session 7: Hosting Equitable Events
Webinar Future Equity
This webinar with Dwayne Proctor, Senior Advisor to the President at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, covers future equity trends and strategies to help your foundations and nonprofits build a more equitable future within your organization.
Watch WebinarWebinar; Power Mapping to Create Institutional Change
Power Mapping is a powerful tool used to build coalitions for large-scale social change and you can use it to create change in your own institution — especially change focused around diversity, equity, and inclusion. Trista Harris and Karyn Sciortino Johnson discuss how.
Watch WebinarDEI Tools and Resources for Philanthropy
This work utilizes the four roles of a foundation framework developed by Ron McKinley for the Minnesota Council on Foundations. Foundations should work to implement an equity frame for all four roles within their institutions.
Tools for Your Role as a Funder and Program Provider
Articles & Blogs
- Applied Research Center & Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity: Catalytic Change: Lessons Learned from the Racial Justice Grantmaking Assessment
- Book Riot: So You Want to Be Woke: A Reading Guide for White People
- Bustle: 17 Books on Race every White Person Needs to Read
- Charis Books & More: Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Book List for White Readers
- D5 Coalition: How to Talk About D5 in Foundations
- D5 Coalition: DEI Research and Tools: Resource Database
- Dismantling Racism: White supremacy culture
- FakeEquity: We Can’t Train Our Way to Racial Equity
- Ford Foundation: From Generosity to Justice
- Ford Foundation: Participatory Grantmaking: Has Its Time Come?
- Harper’s Bazaar: When White People Are Uncomfortable, Black People Are Silenced
- Interpreter Education: White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack
- Justice Funders: Resonance: A Framework for Philanthropic Transformation
- Law & Society Review: The Price of Civil Rights: Black Lives, White Funding, and Movement Capture
- Me and White Supremacy
- Medium: The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremacy
- Modern Healthcare: Breaking Bias: A road map to boost women and minorities into healthcare leadership
- National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: Beyond the Usual Suspects: Community Feedback for Funders
- National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: Democratizing Philanthropy: Challenging Foundation and Social Justice Organizations
- National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers: The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Toolkit for Consultants to Grantmakers
- Nonprofit AF: It’s 2020. Be bold or get the hell out of the way
- Nonprofit Quarterly: How Liberatory Philanthropy and Restorative Investing Can Remake the Economy
- Opening Pathways: Reflections and thoughts on the funder-grantee relationship from funder perspective
- Othering and Belonging Institute: Expanding the Circle of Human Concern
- Racial Equity Tools: Act
- Racial Equity Tools: Evaluate
- Racial Equity Tools: Organizational Assessment Tools and Resources
- Racial Equity Tools: Organizational Change Processes
- Racial Equity Tools: Paying Attention to White Culture and Privilege: A Missing Link to Advancing Racial Equity
- Racial Equity Tools: Plan
- Stanford Social Innovation Review: Making Bigger Bets
- Story Prework Resourcing Networks for Equity, October 2019
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: White People in Philanthropy: This is our Move
- The Colorado Trust: Centering Race in Healthy Equity Advocacy: Lessons Learned
Podcasts, Videos & Webinars
- Kirwan Institute OSU: Universal Programs and Their Impact
- TED: Vernā Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them.
- TED: Howard C. Stevenson: How to resolve racially stressful situations
Multimedia
- National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: Pass the Reins: Shifting Decision-Making Power in Philanthropy
- Racial Equity Tools: Fundamentals
- Racial Equity Tools: Racial Equity Tools: new RET Resources April 2019
- Racial Equity Tools: Resource lists: Tipsheets
- Trust-Based Philanthropy: How Can Philanthropy Redistribute Power?
- University of Wisconsin-Madison: Learning about Equity & Justice: A Resource List
Tools for Your Role as an Employer
Articles & Blogs
- Applied Research Center & Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity: Catalytic Change: Lessons Learned from the Racial Justice Grantmaking Assessment
- Book Riot: So You Want to Be Woke: A Reading Guide for White People
- Bustle: 17 Books on Race every White Person Needs to Read
- Charis Books & More: Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Book List for White Readers
- D5 Coalition: DEI Research and Tools: Resource Database
- D5 Coalition: How to Talk About D5 in Foundations
- D5 Coalition: Philanthropic Paths: An Exploratory Study of the Career Pathways of Professionals of Color in Philanthropy
- Dismantling Racism: White supremacy culture
- FakeEquity: We Can’t Train Our Way to Racial Equity
- Harper’s Bazaar: When White People Are Uncomfortable, Black People Are Silenced
- Interpreter Education: White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack
- Nonprofit AF: It’s 2020. Be bold or get the hell out of the way
- Othering and Belonging Institute: Expanding the Circle of Human Concern
- Medium: The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremacy
- Modern Healthcare: Breaking Bias: A road map to boost women and minorities into healthcare leadership
- National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers: The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Toolkit for Consultants to Grantmakers
- Racial Equity Tools: Paying Attention to White Culture and Privilege: A Missing Link to Advancing Racial Equity
- Teaching While White
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: White People in Philanthropy: This is our Move
- The Colorado Trust: Centering Race in Healthy Equity Advocacy: Lessons Learned
- The Guardian: Confronting Racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people
Multimedia
- Racial Equity Tools: Racial Equity Tools: new RET Resources April 2019
- University of Wisconsin-Madison: Learning about Equity & Justice: A Resource List
Tools for Your Role as an Economic Entity
Articles & Blogs
- Applied Research Center & Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity: Catalytic Change: Lessons Learned from the Racial Justice Grantmaking Assessment
- D5 Coalition: DEI Research and Tools: Resource Database
- D5 Coalition: How to Talk About D5 in Foundations
- Dismantling Racism: White supremacy culture
- FakeEquity: We Can’t Train Our Way to Racial Equity
- Fleur Larsen: Diversity and Inclusion Strategies for Philanthropy
- Ford Foundation: From Generosity to Justice
- Justice Funders: Resonance: A Framework for Philanthropic Transformation
- Modern Healthcare: Breaking Bias: A road map to boost women and minorities into healthcare leadership
- National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: Democratizing Philanthropy: Challenging Foundation and Social Justice Organizations
- National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers: The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Toolkit for Consultants to Grantmakers
- Nonprofit AF: It’s 2020. Be bold or get the hell out of the way
- Nonprofit Quarterly: How Liberatory Philanthropy and Restorative Investing Can Remake the Economy
- Othering and Belonging Institute: Expanding the Circle of Human Concern
- Stanford Social Innovation Review: Making Bigger Bets
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: White People in Philanthropy: This is Our Move
Podcasts, Videos & Webinars
- Act.tv: Systemic Racism Explained
- REDF Workshop: Rodney Foxworth: Let’s Get to Work
- Schott Foundation for Public Education: Webinar: What if We used Wealth to Heal, not Harm?
Tools for Your Role as a Community Citizen
Articles & Blogs
- Book Riot: So You Want to Be Woke: A Reading Guide for White People
- Bustle: 17 Books on Race every White Person Needs to Read
- Charis Books & More: Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Book List for White Readers
- D5 Coalition: DEI Research and Tools: Resource Database
- Harper’s Bazaar: When White People Are Uncomfortable, Black People Are Silenced
- Interpreter Education: White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack
- Law & Society Review: The Price of Civil Rights: Black Lives, White Funding, and Movement Capture
- Living Cities: #GoodReads: Books We're Reading on Racial Equity
- Me and White Supremacy
- Medium: The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremacy
- Nonprofit AF: It’s 2020. Be bold or get the hell out of the way
- Othering and Belonging Institute: Expanding the Circle of Human Concern
- Teaching While White
- The Guardian: Confronting Racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people
Podcasts, Videos & Webinars
- Act.tv: Systemic Racism Explained
- Green Card Voices: Video Stories
- Kirwan Institute OSU: Universal Programs and Their Impact
- Race: The Power of an Illusion
- TED: Mellody Hobson: Color blind or color brave?
- TED: Vernā Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them.
- TED: Howard C. Stevenson: How to resolve racially stressful situations
Multimedia
- Not in Our Town: Diversity Training Tools
- POC Online Classroom: Palestinian Justice Syllabus
- University of Wisconsin-Madison: Learning about Equity & Justice: A Resource List
Thought Pieces Written by DEI Leaders Network Members
Aisha Alexander-Young, Meyer Foundation
- Aisha Alexander Young | Leckey Forum 2019
- Staff Opinion: If Black lives matter, what about 'Black-on-Black...
- Building A Race Equity Culture: Arizona Housing Coalition
- “Non-Racism” Is Not Enough
- Boomer vs. millennial, practical vs. progressive: How Charlotte’s mayor and her daughter build bridges over their differences
- Chief Equity Officers Are the Next Step in Promoting Equity at...
- Chera Reid: Evaluation Roundtable
- How to Push DEI Conversations Out of the Comfort Zone
- Building Principle-Based Strategic Learning: Insights From Practice
- Power Moves: Your essential philanthropy assessment guide for equity and justice
- Pushing Practice: Luminare Group
- Grantmaking That Advances Equity: A Teaching Case
- Weekly Reads: September 18, 2019: PEAK Grantmaking
- Learning in Philanthropy: Measure Results: IssueLab
- What Would It Take To Align Foundation Mission and Evaluation Practice
Dwayne Proctor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- How Philanthropy Can Give Young Men and Boys of Color What They Need to Thrive (Opinion)
- What Is Health Equity? And What Difference Does a Definition Make?
- Where Mental Health and Social Justice Meet
- Is Philanthropy Using Inequitable Practices to Achieve Equity?
- Discrimination in America: Solutions for Health
- Keeping communication on the health equity agenda
- Racism? Or Barriers to Health Equity? Communicating Health Equity
- Wealth Matters for Health Equity: Mobile Access
Lindsay Hill, The Raikes Foundation
- Is Philanthropy Using Inequitable Practices to Achieve Equity?
- Life Maps: A Foundation for Liberation
- Answering Philanthropy's Racial Justice Question
Margie Andreason, The Northwest Area Foundation
Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
- The Importance of Diversity (and Inclusion): A Call to Action for Community Foundations
- Voices Of Equity: Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker Turnaround Artist
- Building an inclusive economy through racial equity in Buffalo, NY
- Podcast: Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Cory Anderson, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
- Embracing innovation could accelerate progress in philanthropy
- AR Equity 2025 Staff Stories: Cory Anderson
- Marga Inc.: Race and Equity in Philanthropy Group
- The Bridge-COVID-19 Response through an Equity lens
Jennifer Ingram, Calibrated Lens
- Exploring Differences, Reducing Harm, Evolving Strategies
- United Way of Greater Cincinnati Strengthening Vision
Joe Scantlebury, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Annenberg Institute: Effective Teaching as a Civil Right
- Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens
- What Does it Take to Embed a Racial Equity
Karyn Sciortino Johnson, McKnight Foundation
Lauren Padilla Valverde, California Endowment
- Public help needed to end inequities
- California’s ag worker: suffering in silence
- Food policies don’t make nutritional sense
- Strategies for Narrowing the Power Gap in Philanthropy...
- Systems Change with an Equity Lens Community Interventions that Shift Power and Center Race
