You need this if you want to: Identify ways to diversify your grantee pipeline to achieve your foundation’s goals.

Key activities conducted by the DEI specialist may include:

• Collect and analyze data to understand how much of your funding goes to different organization types, communities and leaders.
• Facilitate trainings and conversations with board, leadership and staff on unconscious bias and how it affects grantmaking decisions by coloring perceptions of who is a good leader and what kinds of organizations are safe bets.
• Conduct research (e.g., prospective grantee interviews), if needed, to identify motivators and barriers to participation.
• Diversify channels through which grant applicants are recruited and expand outreach to leaders and organizations representing and serving underserved communities.
• Simplify, clarify and demystify grant-making criteria, process and timeline to reduce barriers for application.
• Develop and implement systems and processes to track progress.

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