August 16, 2021

The real reasons many organizations are still unable to diversify their board, staff, fundraising committees, etc.

Vu offers better ways to think about diversifying your staff and questions to ask yourself about your strategies and outcomes. This is a more comprehensive approach to ensure that we are being thoughtful in the process and thinking about inclusion and belonging.
August 16, 2021

6 Steps to Making Metrics an Ally of Your Diversity Plan

Things to keep in mind when tracking diversity, equity, and inclusion metrics to ensure that you are collecting and using data effectively and equitably.
February 19, 2021

When you don’t disclose salary range on a job posting, a unicorn loses its wings

Vu Le humorously and bluntly shares arguments for why choosing to not list salary ranges perpetuates inequities and harms the nonprofit sector.
February 19, 2021

Rural West Internship Program

The Internship Program is a one-year paid Internship for university students designed to increase the diversity of staff in the Affordable Housing and Community Development field and assist in meeting the diverse needs of the communities served throughout the rural West.
February 19, 2021

Bay Area Housing Internship Program

This one-year, paid internship program trains low-income college students of color to jumpstart careers in affordable housing development and project management – by pairing each intern with an NPH member host agency, a leading nonprofit affordable housing developer.
February 19, 2021

Nonprofit AF

A blog series by Vu Le with posts about how to incorporate a stronger equity lens into the nonprofit sector. Vu uses humor and real life examples to demonstrate how the sector falls short in many ways and how we can do better.
February 19, 2021

Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap

A 2019 update report on the 2016 Race to Lead report that shows that conditions have worsened for the advancement of POCs in the nonprofit sector. White people are still found to be more likely to have various kinds of career support than people of color, particularly when looking at role models.
February 19, 2021

Race to Lead: Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap

A report on the results of a national survey of over 4,000 respondents revealing disparities in leadership representation in the nonprofit sector. Findings include more similarities than differences in the background and preparation between white and POC respondents, but POCs face unspoken and unconscious biases that prevent those with the hiring power from fairly assessing, recognizing, and valuing their potential.
February 19, 2021

Advancing Frontline Employees of Color

Research makes the case for why creating a pipeline of diverse frontline staff supports your company’s bottom line and helps avoid turnover, while also advancing equitable outcomes
February 19, 2021

A Leader’s Guide: Finding and Keeping Your Next Chief Diversity Officer

A guide on how to think about hiring a Chief Diversity Officer, what questions to ask yourself and your organization, and what are the different types of roles your CDO can play. Includes data from companies that have implemented this.
February 19, 2021

You’re Not Serious about Equity If You Don’t Post Salaries

“When you’re not willing to post salaries, you’re telling potential applicants that you’re not committed to equity and that you don’t respect their time. Why would you want to start the relationship this way? And more importantly, why should anyone want to work for you?”
February 19, 2021

Closing the Racial Leadership Gap Part 2

Outlining key strategies nonprofit leadership can use to make the hiring and promotion process more equitable.