Brought to you by: CivicLex, New Leaders Council Kentucky, & Plantory
Statistics Used in the Session:
- According to a preliminary study by CivicLex and the EE Murry Foundation 70% of Non-Profit employees believe their organization is representative of the community they serve in a racial context yet organizations are overwhelmingly white - 83% of employees surveyed were white, compared to 75% of Lexington overall.
- Almost half of all non-profit workers surveyed in this study have had to hold a second job in order to make ends meet, despite 78% of those surveyed being full-time non-profit employees.
- 21% of Fayette County organizations that responded to survey stated they they take no formal actions to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion amongst staff, and 15% have no explicit commitment in their mission to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Questions Asked in the Session:
- How do our community’s non-profit organizations shape how communities sense of belonging?
- Who is represented in Fayette County's Non-Profits?
- Who is not represented in Fayette County's Non-Profits?
- Do you feel like Fayette County's Non-Profits are able to impact issues in our community?
- How can we build more resilient, representative, and impactful organizations in Lexington?
Resources & Sources
- All statistics used in this section were pulled from the upcoming report Toward Viability, being released in May 2019 by CivicLex and the EE Murry Foundation.
Notes:
How do the above survey numbers hit you and how do you respond to them?
Thinking about wages and can they afford to do what they do in Lexington or would they be better off in another city? 10% have had to go on gov assistance and 13% have had to sell possessions to make ends meet.
Non-profits are the best of us. It's sobering to hear those kinds of numbers.
Respondents believe they are representative of the communities they serve. Who is the community I actually serve vs. the community I purport to serve.
Who do non-profits serve? Who are they for?
Can be for everyone- (sexual violence survivors), the entire community, depending on how we look at statistics- the whole community, local neighborhood, clientele that are looking for specific services?