In 2024, 70 percent U.S. nonprofit organizations had white CEOs. This was significantly more than any other race or ethnicity, with Black/African American/African CEOs being the second-most represented racial identity among nonprofit CEOs in the U.S., making up around 15 percent in 2024.
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