Race, Gender, and Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

191 Pages·2011·3.485 MB·English

by  Marybeth Gasman, Noah D. Drezner, Edward Epstein, Tyrone Freeman, Vida L. Avery (auth.)

Race, Gender, and Leadership in
Nonprofit Organizations
AlsobyMarybethGasman
MarybethGasman,ValerieLundyWagner,TafayaRansom,andNelson
Bowman, Unearthing Promise and Potential: Our Nation’s Historically
BlackCollegesandUniversities(2010)
MarybethGasman(Ed.),TheHistoryofHigherEducation:Methodsfor
UncoveringthePast (2010)
MarybethGasmanandChristopherTudico(Eds.),NewEssaysonBlack
Colleges:Triumphs,Troubles,andTaboos(2009)
MarybethGasman,BenjaminBaez,andCarolineTurner(Eds.),Under-
standingMinorityServingInstitutions(2008)
Andrea Walton and Marybeth Gasman (Eds.), Philanthropy,
Fundraising,andVolunteerisminHigherEducation(2008)
Marybeth Gasman, Envisioning Black Colleges: A History of the United
NegroCollegeFund (2007)
AliceGinsbergandMarybethGasman(Eds.),GenderandPhilanthropy:
NewPerspectivesonFunding,Collaboration,andAssessment (2007)
Marybeth Gasman and Katherine V. Sedgwick (Eds.), Uplifting a
People:EssaysonAfricanAmericanPhilanthropyandEducation(2005)
Patrick Gilpin and Marybeth Gasman, Charles S. Johnson: Leadership
behindtheVeilintheAgeofJimCrow(2003)
Marybeth Gasman and Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, Fund-Raising
fromBlackCollegeAlumni:SuccessfulStrategiesforSupportingAlmaMater
(2003)
AlsobyNoahD.Drezner
Noah D. Drezner, Philanthropy and Fundraising in American Higher
Education(2011)
Race, Gender, and Leadership in
Nonprofit Organizations
MarybethGasman,NoahD.Drezner,EdwardEpstein,
TyroneFreeman,andVidaL.Avery
ForewordbyCharlesR.Stephens
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Contents
Foreword ix
CharlesR.Stephens
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 TheLeaders 5
2 Race,Gender,andIdentity 19
3 BackgroundandFamilyInfluences 41
4 Education 61
5 ReligionandSpirituality 75
6 ChallengesandSacrifices 87
7 Conclusion 101
Epilogue 107
LarrySmith
Appendix1:AuthorPerspectives 111
Appendix2:DiversityinLeadershipResource
Supplement 137
Notes 145
SupplementaryBibliography 163
Index 173
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Foreword
Some years ago, as a member of the faculty of a well-regarded
fundraisingtrainingprogram,Iwasassignedtoconductatraining
sessionforseniorstudentsatanOklahomaseminary.Thechoice
to send me to deliver the training was made, I am sure, solely
becauseIwasthenchiefdevelopmentofficeratoneofthenation’s
largesttheologicalcenters.WhenIarrivedandmetmycontact,it
was clear that the fact that I was a person of color had not been
communicated.
By the time of the first break, all anxieties had been relieved
and the training program was progressing nicely. My host, in all
candor,indicatedthathedidnotknow“mypeople”wereengaged
in this work, this work of philanthropic fundraising, advancing
America’straditionofgivingandsharing.Whenhewastoldthat
this had been, at that time, a 20-plus year career for me (now
50-plus),hewasabsolutelyamazed.Sadtosay,thisattitudeabout
peopleofcolorandphilanthropycontinuesevenuntiltoday.
Typically, in the minds of the majority population, philan-
thropy is practiced, primarily, by the majority. People of color
and other minorities, primarily, are the recipients of philan-
thropy. The assumption is that majority-defined philanthropy
(giving that benefits unknown others) is the only philanthropic
practicethatmatters.Theattitudeisthat“ourpeople”arenoton
board with that concept yet and are not likely to be at any time
in the foreseeable future even though examples to the contrary
are all around us. Clinging to this misconception has resulted in
philanthropybypeopleofcolorbeingcharacterizedintermssuch
asmutualbenefit,faith-basedfocus,community-basedbootstrap