Measuring racial-ethnic diversity in California's nonprofit sector

Vita, Carol J. De; Roeger, Katie L.; Niedzwiecki, Max

doi:10.1037/e726462011-001

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“…Census Bureau, 2009). By collecting data in multiple cities, we are able to assess a broad regional area, responding to the call by De Vita and colleagues (2009) for more regional and local studies of diversity in the nonprofit sector.…”

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“…Similar to Cortés (1998), an organization was considered immigrant-origin if it focused on the problems or aspirations of a group with similar immigrant origins, though members, clients or leaders could be first, second, or third generation. Other studies, such as Hung (2007) and De Vita, Roeger and Niedzwiecki (2009), identify minority and immigrant nonprofits based on the origins of directors and board members, while Cordero-Guzmán’s (2005) study of immigrant social service providers focuses on the origins of clients. To cast as broad a net as possible, we did not limit our categorization by leadership or clientele thresholds, focusing instead on overall mission and activities.…”

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“…We do not know, however, whether the undercount varies by the characteristics of those served by or active in nonprofit groups, an important question because it speaks to concerns about inequality in service, funding, and leadership within the third sector. A growing body of work tackles the question of such inequality (Bell et al, 2006; Cortés, 1998; De Vita et al, 2009; Hung, 2007; Ostrower, 2007), but most studies rely on NCCS data drawn from formal IRS registrations and Form 990 data, eliding undercount problems. 3 They also often compare African American, Hispanic, Asian and non-Hispanic White populations, overlooking important national origin dynamics within these broad categories and conflating long-established U.S.-born minority populations with new immigrant populations that face unique challenges.…”

Section: Evaluating Underrepresentation and The Undercount: Existing Literaturementioning

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“…Immigrant organizations make up a much smaller proportion of all nonprofit groups in six California communities studied by Ramakrishnan and Bloemraad (2008b) than their presence in the general population would suggest. Across California, Asian Americans and Latinos—the two minority groups with the highest percentage of foreign born, 65% and 41%, respectively—are significantly underrepresented on the boards or in the top executive positions of nonprofit organizations (De Vita, Roeger, & Niedzwiecki, 2009), a finding repeated in studies of selected cities (Bell, Moyers, & Wolfred, 2006; Hung, 2007) and in a nationally representative survey of nonprofits (Ostrower, 2007). If mainstream organizations were including immigrants in their membership and services, irrespective of who runs the organization, this imbalance would be less problematic.…”

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“…More broadly, how should we evaluate organizational inequality in the nonprofit sector? Most studies concerned with diversity and the funding, activities, and leadership of nonprofit organizations employ standard ethnoracial minority categories, such as African American, Latino, and Asian American (Bell et al, 2006; De Vita et al, 2009; González-Rivera, Donnell, Briones, & Werblin, 2008; Hung, 2007). Such studies shine a spotlight on inequalities, but they fail to fully acknowledge that the particular concerns of immigrants—around legal status, linguistic isolation, access to benefits and services, and settlement needs—are often distinct from those of native-born minority groups (Cordero-Guzmán, 2005; de Graauw, 2008; Valenzuela, 2006).…”

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We examine the official scope and actual coverage of immigrant civil society in seven California cities using a widely employed 501(c)3 database. First, we code immigrant organizations in official data and compare their number and proportion with population statistics; we find substantially fewer immigrant organizations than we would expect. Second, we measure the organizational undercount of immigrant civil society by calculating the number of publicly present immigrant organizations not captured in official data. We do this for four immigrant-origin communities (Indian, Mexican, Portuguese, and Vietnamese) using 160 key informant interviews and extensive examination of directories and media (ethnic and mainstream). We find a notable undercount, which varies by city and immigrant group. Considering both underrepresentation and undercounts, Mexican-origin organizations seem at a particular disadvantage. Our findings carry important implications for resource inequalities and advocacy capacity in minority communities, underscoring the need for further research on the vitality of immigrant civil society.

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Measuring racial-ethnic diversity in California's nonprofit sector

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