Advancing Racial Diversity in Your Organization for Better Services October 18, 2018

NNIP Staff and Boards Diversity Analysis Goal is to better understand the makeup of Partner organizations and establish a baseline to track progress Workbooks on staff and board characteristics were submitted by 25 Partners 339 staff members 369 members of boards and committees Surveys were completed by 44 staff members at 27 Partners Any other goals? …and to deepen our commitment as a Network to diversity and inclusion [LH – I’ll set up that] We’d really like to hear from all partners, so we’ll be following up with those who haven’t yet responded after the meeting. [Olivia some slides have a higher number of survey respondents – 51? – if the 44 completed vs. 51 started?] This represents only our initial analysis of the data – we’d like to explore it further when we have all of the partners included.

Majority of NNIP staff identify as female, leadership positions more balanced n = 332 Staff While, the majority of NNIP staff across all roles is female, the gender split is much more even between females and males in leadership positions. 2% of NNIP’s leadership identify as non-binary. For boards, project committees had more females, while board of directors and advisory committees were majority male.

Fairly even distribution of staff aged 18-60, but leadership tends to be older n = 337 Staff NNIP Leadership is older than staff percentages. Boards: Project boards have a higher percentage of younger members compared with advisory committees and boards of directors. Few people under 30 are represented on any type of board or committee. More than 1 in 3 board or advisory committee members is over age 60.

Vast majority of NNIP staff are US-born n = 335 Staff Most NNIP staff are US born. 91% of NNIP leadership is US-born, while there are slightly lower percentages for administrative staff (83%) and other NNIP staff (80%). About 14% of members on boards of directors identified as immigrants.

Two-thirds of NNIP staff identify as White n = 339 Staff Majority of NNIP is White, more people of color in administrative and other NNIP staff roles vs. leadership roles. Overall, boards and advisory committees have a similar composition as NNIP staff.

Answered 42 Skipped 9 Transition – we also asked individual staff members to respond to a survey on diversity, inclusion and their engagement with hiring staff, boards, and outreach networks. We asked respondents to rate the engagement of their organization or NNIP-focused unit around racial equity and diversity in workplace culture and practice. [NEED TO MOVE DOWN TOP CHOICE BELOW bottom one – edit down to “Organization has not engaged on issue”. ]

Staff feel they can influence workplace culture and practice in many ways   Not at all Somewhat A great deal Weighted Average Ongoing mentoring and support 0% 47% 69% 3.0 Recruiting candidates 6% 43% 60% 2.7 Screening resumes 5% 34% 61% 2.6 Conducting interviews 29% 2.5 Onboarding staff 8% 39% 53% 2.4 Making hiring decisions 35% 54% Developing job descriptions 49% 2.3 Deciding on compensation 30% 32% 24% 1.7 Answered 39 Skipped 12 We asked what areas of hiring and retention do staff members feel like they can influence to increase diversity -

Challenges to Improving Diversity and Inclusion Reasons listed included: Bureaucracy and will power Requires changing mindset and culture Recruitment and retention Lack of diversity in current staff, senior leadership Lack of channels to reach diverse candidates Budgeting and funding challenges in bringing on new staff Answered 17 total, skipped 21 (IS this the right number?) What do you see as the biggest challenges for your center or unit on improving its diversity and increasing workplace inclusion?

Gender Breakdown of NNIP Partner Board Members

Project boards have a higher percentage of younger members vs Project boards have a higher percentage of younger members vs. advisory boards and boards overall n= 39 n= 99 n= 105 Ages of board members vary by the type of board. Organizational boards are older on average than project boards.

Nativity of NNIP Boards

A majority of NNIP staff and boards identify as White Majority of board members, across categories are White.