Recent activity from both the Greenlining Institute and the National Center for Responsive Philanthropy has sparked debate in the philanthropic community about proposed policies regarding diversity in foundation giving and nonprofit leadership. This page compiles information on the key advocates, commentary and research reports on this increasingly prominent issue.

Advocates

The Greenlining Institute
This page outlines the Greenlining Institute's initiative on philanthropy. 

National Center for Responsive Philanthropy
This page contains all materials related to the NCRP's report, Criteria for Philanthropy at its Best. 

Philanthropy Roundtable
This page details the organization's Alliance for Charitable Reform, which is dedicated to preserving philanthropic freedom. 

The Philanthropic Collaborative
TPI is a coalition of charities, foundations and elected officials dedicated to educating policy makers regarding the economic value of foundations and the work they do to improve America's communities.

Reports

Learning from Madoff: Lessons for Foundation Boards
Niki Jagpal and Julia Craig, NCRP, June 2009 

Broad Benefits: Health-Related Giving by Private and Community Foundations
This report by the Philanthropic Collaborative finds that 2 of every 3 grant dollars for health benefit minorities, the economically disadvantaged and other underserved populations.

American Philanthropic Diversity: What it Means, Why it Matters
Naomi Shaefer Riley, The Philanthropy Roundtable, March 2009 

How Public is Private Philanthropy?
Evelyn Brody and John Tyler, The Philanthropy Roundtable, June 2009

Commentary

Agreeing to Agree
Sue Hoechstetter, Nonprofit and Foundation Advocacy Blog, June 23, 2009

How the Left's Charitable Activists Manipulate Grants Data
David Freddoso, Washington Examiner, June 26, 2009

Liberal Nonprofits Launch Big Money Grab
David Freddoso, Washington Examiner, June 19, 2009

Philanthropists Need to Focus on Reason for Grants
Janine Lee, AJC.com, May 5, 2009 

Foundations Need to Think Hard About Their Blind Spots
Aaron Dorfman, Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 23, 2009

Grantmakers Should Encourage Debate, Not Dictate It
William A. Schambra, Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 23, 2009

NCRP Report Should Spur Reflection About Social Justice, Not Attacks
Gara LaMarche, Thought>Action>Impact, April 20, 2009

Philanthropy by the Numbers
Paul Brest, Huffington Post, April 3, 2009

Philanthropy on Another Planet
Paul Brest, Huffington Post, March 30, 2009

Taking Foundations to Task: Activist Seeks to Force Grantmakers to Do More to Help Poor Minorities
Ian Wilhelm, Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 26, 2009

Foundations Oppose Call to Target Grants
Mike Spector, Wall Street Journal, March 23, 2009

Philanthropy at its Somewhat Myopic: Mistaking Means and Ends
Paul Brest, Huffington Post, March 20, 2009

Taking From the Givers
The Economist, March 19, 2009

Philanthropy Mostly For the Better: NCRP's Criteria for Governance and Transparency
Paul Brest, Huffington Post, March 13, 2009

Why Charities Will Have to Change
David R. Jones, National Center for Responsive Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal, March 9, 2009

Foundations Should Show They Can Police Themselves
Pablo Eisenberg, Philanthropy Journal, March 9, 2009

Giving Sector Needs to Get Real
Todd Cohen, Inside Philanthropy, March 9, 2009

Threats to Philanthropic Freedom
William E. Simon, Jr., DC Examiner, March 6, 2009

Charities Get Offer They Can't Refuse
Mark Tapscott, DC Examiner, March 5, 2009

NCRP at its Most Presumptuous
Paul Brest, Huffington Post, March 5, 2009

Philanthropy at its Best Leaves Charities Behind
Alliance for Charitable Reform, Press Release, March 3, 2009

Philanthropy and Its Enemies: Activists Want to Redistribute Foundation Wealth Based on Racial Quotas
Naomi Shaefer Riley, Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2009

The NCRP's Uncharitable Philanthropic Power
Heather Higgins, Forbes.com, March 3, 2009

Time to Push for Changes in How Foundations Operate
Pablo Eisenberg, Philanthropy Journal, March 2, 2009

Charities at Risk
Alliance for Charitable Reform, Press Release, March 2009

Community Objects to NCRP Benchmarks
March 2009

Philanthropy at its Most Narrow
Adam Meyerson for Philanthropy Roundtable, March 2009

Top Myths About the Criteria - Busted!
NCRP.org, March 2009