African-Americans and Hispanics are more likely to contribute to charity than whites, but are asked to do so less often than their white counterparts, according to new national reports.
“Mainstream philanthropy has paid relatively little attention to people of color,” according to “Cultures of Caring.”
The report was jointly funded by the Ford Foundation, the Council on Foundations, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
Their findings were echoed by a report released by the White House Council of Economic Advisers, according to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
“If solicitations serve to increase giving, then organizations are overlooking an important resource by not soliciting donations from African-Americans and Hispanics at great rates,” the White House report said.
In addition, the foundations’ report found that few nonwhite people are on the staffs or governing boards of charitable groups and nonprofit organizations.
Of the community foundations surveyed in the report, nonwhite people held 32 percent of staff positions and 24 percent of board of trustee positions. (RNS)
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