The statistics are dismal regarding the number of white men vs. Others inside the ivory tower institutions controlling wealth. Three-fourths of foundations’ full-time staff are white.14 According to the D5 Coalition’s 2016 report State of the Work, fewer than a third of program officers (32.3 percent) and about 8 percent of foundation CEOs are people of color.15 Only 3 percent of philanthropic institutions are led by Black chief executives, with even more dismal representation for other races and ethnicities.16
