Nonprofit Board Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
Published 4/2026
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Language: English | Duration: 58m | Size: 993.26 MB
Build diverse, inclusive nonprofit boards that make better decisions, earn community trust, and attract more funding.
What you'll learn
Conduct a board diversity audit and identify representation gaps
Build inclusive recruitment pipelines beyond traditional networks
Foster psychological safety and equitable participation in board meetings
Embed DEI principles into bylaws, policies, and governance structures
Overcome resistance and facilitate difficult conversations about identity
Overcome resistance and facilitate difficult conversations about identity
Requirements
No prerequisites are required.
Description
"This course contains the use of artificial intelligence."
Nonprofit boards that lack diversity don't just miss a moral obligation - they miss a strategic one. When your board fails to reflect the communities you serve, you risk poor decisions, blind spots, weakened community trust, and lost funding. This course gives you a proven, practical framework to fix that.
Across ten focused lessons, you'll move from understanding the business case for board diversity to building a complete implementation plan tailored to your organization. You'll learn how to conduct an honest board composition audit, expand your candidate pipelines beyond traditional networks, and design recruitment processes that genuinely welcome people from all backgrounds.
Beyond recruitment, the course tackles the harder work of cultural change. You'll gain tools for building psychological safety, managing microaggressions, facilitating difficult conversations about race and identity, and embedding DEI values into your bylaws, committees, and governance policies. These structural changes ensure your progress outlasts any single leader or initiative.
The course also prepares you for real-world resistance. You'll learn how to respond to skeptics, reframe the qualifications debate, sustain momentum when competing priorities crowd out DEI work, and hold your board accountable through measurable goals and reporting systems.
Each lesson ends with a concrete, actionable assignment so learning translates immediately into practice. Whether your board is just beginning this journey or looking to deepen existing efforts, you'll finish this course with a clear, written action plan and the confidence to lead change in your organization.
If you want a nonprofit board that makes stronger decisions, earns deeper community trust, and opens new funding doors, this course is your roadmap.
Who this course is for
Nonprofit board members and board chairs
Executive directors and senior nonprofit leaders
Governance committee and nominating committee members
Nonprofit consultants and capacity-building professionals
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