Why it’s difficult to find diverse development staff

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For news organizations that center BIPOC communities, finding diverse development staff will be important to the mission. So why is this so difficult?

This question will be posed to a panel of fundraising experts as part of a larger conversation organized by The Pivot Fund on preparing news organizations to be recipients of philanthropy.

Presenters

• Kaylan Somerville, the founder of Blue Umbrella Fundraising
• Julia Howell Barros, a nonprofit consultant
• Lolly Bowean, program officer for The Ford Foundation and adviser to The Pivot Fund
• Susan Gluck Pappajohn, a management consultant with Phillips Oppenheim