New Report Provides Data on Foundation Diversity

* Overall, there was much progress from 1982 through 2006 among foundations.

* 2006 staff diversity had grown to 23.2 percent, from 12.6 percent in 1982, with board diversity at 13.0 percent from 4.3 percent.

* Program officer diversity reached 35 percent compared with 15.4 percent in 1985.

* The share of grant dollars targeting minority populations increased modestly from 5.9 percent to 7.4 percent of foundation giving analyzed by the Foundation Center in its annual grants sample.[1]