Nonprofit chief executives consider board diversity important to their boards work*

•  65% report that they are somewhat or extremely dissatisfied with their board’s ethnic and racial diversity
• 25% of boards place a high priority on demographics in board recruitment
• Changing board recruitment practices does not rank as a top three priority for most boards
• 19% CEOs indicate that their board has developed an action plan to increase diversity

The levels of board diversity have mostly remained unchanged since 1994*

• 90% chief execs and 84% board members report as Caucasian
• 2017 – 27% boards identify as all white (compares to 25% in 2015)

*Source: Leading with Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices 2017