Recruitment was set to close on Friday, 3/15, but CHANGE Philanthropy is extending by one week, to Friday 3/22.
CHANGE Philanthropy is launching its next iteration of the Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) Survey, which aims to help the philanthropic community better understand its workforce and leadership. While grantmakers have a number of resources to assess what issues, geographic areas, and populations are being supported by grant dollars, there is far less data on who works in the field of philanthropy. The DAPP survey is unique in soliciting anonymous self-reported data from individuals on the staff and board of participating foundations, helping grantmakers to accurately assess the culture and climate of their institutions. The DAPP survey is a landmark tool for analyzing the philanthropic sector’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, and provides a temperature gauge for progress toward a more inclusive sector.
Who Can Participate?
Only grantmaking institutions can sign-up. This survey is designed to specifically assess foundations, grantmaking institutions or intermediaries whose primary work (over 75%) is dedicated to grantmaking. Individuals, consulting firms, or nonprofits who don’t primarily award funding are not eligible to participate.
What Does Participation Entail?
Each participating foundation commits to sending a brief survey link to their staff and board. The survey is completely anonymous and confidential so no single respondent will ever be identified. Participating foundations will receive survey dissemination instructions, communications templates, and an organizational specific dashboard.
How Will Findings Be Shared?
As with previous DAPP survey and reports, individual responses are completely anonymous and confidential. The findings will only ever be reported on in aggregate form. Drawing on the aggregate findings, CHANGE Philanthropy will produce a series of reports and infographics on the demographics of the philanthropic workforce. They will spotlight how comfortable individuals are bringing components of their identity into the workplace and note how responsive those institutions are to authenticity.
Why Should Your Foundation Participate?
- Participating in this study can help your organization better understand the diverse makeup of your staff, board, and volunteers to remain relevant to and representative of our changing society.
- Organizations with more than 10 staff may be eligible to receive a custom report on their workforce’s demographics, provided they meet an anonymity threshold.
- The report includes recommendations from the CHANGE partner organizations on how to support your staff and deepen connections to communities.
