'Color Blind' Assessments of Grant Proposals Don’t Work. Here’s a Better Idea.

Using outdated analytical conventions like board giving rates, leadership salaries, and total revenue to determine whether or not to invest in a nonprofit is not objective, exacerbates inequity, and is especially damaging to community-based organizations led by people of color. This piece provides alternative methods of financial analysis to help funders, investors, and lenders evaluate nonprofits more equitably. 

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Check out this chart for specific examples of financial analysis blindspots and how they can be addressed. 

Author: Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO, Nonprofit Finance Fund