Only 3 percent of philanthropic institutions are led by Black chief executives, with even more dismal representation for other races and ethnicities.16 Board leadership is even more demographically starved. “Fully 85 percent of foundation board members are white, while just 7 percent are African American and only 4 percent are Hispanic,” says Gara LaMarche, the president of the Democracy Alliance. “Nearly three-quarters of foundations have no written policy on board diversity.”17 Since joining the board of the Andrus Family Fund in 2017, I am one of only two Native Americans on a national
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