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How Google and Social Entrepreneurs Perpetuate the Digital Divide Among Nonprofits

google.pngIn the past 10 years, I have been working to address the digital divide, which is the gap between those who have access to and training with technology and those without. I serve as the Executive Director of TechMission, which runs the largest association of Black and Latino led nonprofits addressing the digital divide and manages UrbanMinistry.org, which is one of the most visited web portals of Black and Latino nonprofit leaders. During that time, I have seen many effective initiatives in addressing the digital divide. At the same time, I’ve seen many efforts that have been very well-intentioned, but in the end may have only made matters worse.

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How AmeriCorps Can Counter Nonprofit Funding Bias

Research shows that while 52.4% of those in poverty in the USA are people of color, only 16.5% of nonprofits are led by people of color, and only 3% of foundation funding goes toward organizations that are led by people of color. This presentation provides three recommendations of how AmeriCorps can counter this bias: (1) reaching out to organizations led by people of color and faith-based organizations (2) requiring grantees provide diversity profiles (3) Revising funding priorities.

How AmeriCorps Can Counter Nonprofit Funding Bias

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Vision for the Christian Social Graph

Executive Director Andrew Sears outlines a "Vision for the Christian Social Graph".

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