WHO SHOULD JOIN:

Membership is open to: "people of color, those who identify as, live their daily lives as, and understand themselves as people of color, and it includes white-passing and light-skinned people of color."

People of color working in all levels of service in the nonprofit sector including Executives, Directors, Direct Service Professionals, Entry-Level staff, Board Members, and more from anywhere in the United States and abroad.

Borrowing from language from the Facebook group NPOCunicorns - People of Color Nonprofit Professionals, we define People of Color as:  "Black/African-American/African descent/African, Latin/Latina/Latino/Latinx, First Nations/Native American/Indigenous, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, Asian, Southwest Asian, North African/Arab, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Mixed-Race/Mixed-Ethnicity peoples.

"We appreciate allies, advocates, and accomplices for justice." If you do not identify as a person of color, we ask you to serve as an ally, advocate, and accomplice in other spaces.  

Member benefits include exclusive membership directory access, opportunities to receive career coaching, discounted programs and scholarships, and more. 

Member Benefits:

•  BIPOC Focused and Centered Space

• Formal Professional and Leadership Development

• Access to apply for the Personal & Professional Development (PPD) Fund 

• Mentoring – Peer and Executive 

• Facilitated Peer-to-Peer Time with Solution Mapping

• Networking 

• One-on-One Coaching, Holistic and Executive

• Group Mental Wellness

• Affinity Groups: Men of Color, Emerging Leaders, C-Suite; supporting Affinity groups from other organizations: Environmentalists, Consultants, Arts Professionals

• Exclusive membership directory access, 

• Scholarships & Discounts to partner events and more.

You’ll make crucial connections that will play a significant role in the implementation of your own professional growth strategy. Foster and strengthen relationships across NPPOC Collective members as we reinforce the pipeline of equity-driven leaders to serve in executive positions and on nonprofit boards. Gain the insight, relationships and confidence to go after a promotion, begin a career transition, launch a project, or manage workplace culture. Your network has a direct correlation to your future net worth and The Collective is here to help you reach higher.