5
4
3
2
1
Not sure/Not applicable
1. DEI Vision — The organization can envision a DEI future and uses this vision to guide its DEI work.
2. Commitment — The organization has institutionalized its commitment to DEI.
3. Leadership — Organizational leaders recognize the importance of DEI and prioritize, resource and lead the effort.
4. Policies — The organization has DEI policies and an organizational plan with clear goals, objectives and indicators of progress and success.
5. Infrastructure — The organization has committed resources and structures (i.e., an equity committee) to support the DEI transformation.
6. Training — The organization fosters ongoing DEI learning and growth for its staff, management and board.
7. Diversity — The organization has policies and strategies for strengthening and maintaining diversity; staff and board are representative of the community they serve; effective retention strategies are implemented.
8. Data — The organization routinely collects and analyzes disaggregated data for all programmatic and operational work and uses the information in planning and decision-making.
9. Community — Mutually beneficial, accountable and equitable partnerships exist with diverse organizations and leaders from communities experiencing disparities.
10. Decisions — The organization's decisions are systematically guided by equity considerations.
11. Accountability — The organization has developed mechanisms to create and maintain accountability to its constituents.
12. Inclusion — The organization values and reflects the voice, contributions and interests of its diverse staff and constituencies and has created systems, policies and practices to maintain this organizational culture.
