GCN’s aim, with this resource hub, is to help you build capacity for equity work internally and externally.
Correcting systemic racism and unconscious bias can’t happen without practical solutions, sustained practice, and every one of us – in each organization and across the sector – working together.
It’s our hope that the information we’ve curated here can contribute meaningfully to your own efforts and, ultimately, to sector-wide progress.
We will be updating this page as we create and discover new resources.
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Fundamentals
Vital to DEI work is understanding how racism has been constructed, maintained, and countered. This is why GCN has drawn heavily from the Racial Equity Tools website, which you can visit to get a more comprehensive overview of DEI fundamentals and much, much more.
Use the links below to explore the concepts, terms, and history involved in today’s efforts to establish Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as a central value of nonprofit work.
Equity vs. Equality and Other Racial Justice Definitions
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Glossary of Racial Equity Terms
Racial Equity Tools
History of Racism and Movements
Racial Equity Tools
500 Years of the Racial Wealth Gap
Living Cities
Video: Systemic Racism Explained
4 minutes / act.tv
Video: Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race
4 minutes / Link Year
Data
It’s critical to have the facts – including place-based statistics and other hard data – when making the case for DEI investment and when planning interventions to address the effects of systemic inequity.
Use the information at these links to put together talking points, grant proposals, program plans, and other materials demonstrating the need for racial equity work, and other DEI efforts, both in the field and within your organization.
DataNexus Map: Georgia
Neighborhood Nexus
Atlanta Open Data and Mapping Hub
Atlanta Regional Commission
Hate Map: Georgia
Southern Poverty Law Center
Justice Map
Sunlight Foundation / Energy Justice Network
Demographics and Population Data Index
Racial Equity Tools
Inclusive Recovery in US Cities
Urban Institute
Spatial Equity Data Tool
Urban Institute
An Introduction to the Spatial Equity Data Tool
Urban Institute
Planning for Changes
Use the resources linked here as a starting point for organizing DEI efforts. You’ll find testimony from nonprofits that have undertaken the work as well as tools for getting your own work started, both internally and in the community you serve.
You can also visit Racial Equity Tools to browse through a complete set of change management resources grouped into five areas: Individual Transformation, Leadership for Racial Equity, Organization Change, and Community Change.
7 steps to advance and embed race equity and inclusion within your organization
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Moving Racial Equity and Inclusion from the Periphery to the Center
Nonprofit Quarterly
Answering “Uncomfortable” Questions About Race at Work
Harvard Business Review
Taking Action
Below, find help for making your DEI-centered plans a reality using action plans, communications, and community engagement. Note that resources from the Government Alliance on Race & Equity are framed around work in government jurisdictions, but are widely applicable to organizations in any sector.
You can also consult the “Act” section on Racial Equity Tools for a wide-ranging list of examples, tools, and reports to help you strategize, communicate, and sustain your efforts.
Racial Equity Action Plans: A How-to Manual
Government Alliance on Race & Equity
Action Plan Examples for Communities, Issue Areas
Racial Equity Tools
Communications Guide
Government Alliance on Race & Equity
A Path Towards Authentic Community Engagement
Living Cities
Funding Opportunities
For general reference and updates, see Candid’s funding for racial equity page, which includes news, commentary, webinars, research, and top funders. (See also Candid’s “issue lab” page for race and policing and their dedicated site for Black male achievement funding.)
W.K. Kellogg Foundation is active in Georgia and counts “racial equity” among its 11 program areas. Learn more.
Having shifted its focus entirely to inequality, Ford Foundation has seven revamped priorities. Among them: civic engagement, racial justice, inclusive economies, youth opportunity, and free expression. Learn more.
Healthcare Georgia Foundation’s funding is directed to expand access to quality healthcare for the underserved, address health disparities, and strengthen nonprofits. Learn more.
Rooted in social justice, The Nathan Cummings Foundation maintains a focus on racial and economic justice; their climate change program also provides support for the most vulnerable. Learn more.
Proteus Fund’s RISE Together program supports work in racial justice and human rights. You can either go directly to the RISE Together page or learn more about all the issues they cover.
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative aims to accelerate the pace of wealth accumulation for Black individuals and families via economic and social mobility. Unsolicited requests are not accepted. Learn more.
Especially active in Atlanta, The Annie E. Casey Foundation invests in racial equity through its Juvenile Justice program and (less explicitly) through its Economic Security and Community Change programs. Unsolicited requests are not accepted. Learn more.
Focusing on social justice reform and inclusive economies, Surdna Foundation is less active in Georgia than elsewhere. Learn more.
Webinars from GCN
Below, find three webinars put together by GCN to assist in the practical application of DEI work.
Building Equity from the Inside Out
Dr. Dietra Hawkins on the complex concept of “building equity,” which encompasses personal bias, small everyday leadership decisions, strategy choices, policy construction, and structural norms across entire systems.
Building Equity Leadership
Living Cities presents the case study of their incredible journey into DEI, chronicling the difference that young leaders have made and the transformational effect of an equity-centered strategy.
Tenant's Rights, Public Benefits, and Your Clients
The Georgia Legal Services Program details the tenant laws and relief opportunities for nonprofits that work with renters at risk of eviction.