Founder Demographics (OI0933)

Describes the demographic groups among founders of the organization, or disaggregates another metric in terms of one or more founder demographic groups. Particular thresholds apply to consider an organization "founded" by members of a demographic group; see usage guidance for further information. Select all that apply:

Gender:

50% or More Female or Gender Non-Binary
Undisclosed
Other

Disability Status:

Persons with disabilities
Persons without disabilities
Undisclosed
Other

Race/Ethnicity/Minority Status:

50% or More from Historically Marginalized Groups
Undisclosed
Other

Other target populations:

Other (describe)

Reporting Format Selection
Metric Type Metric
Metric Level Organization
IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2022. Founder Demographics (OI0933). v5.3.

Footnote

Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including source of data or disaggregation and any other disaggregations applied.

Usage Guidance

This metric is intended to capture the basic demographic groups in among an organization's founder(s) who retain an active role at the organization as of the end of the reporting period. An active role may include acting in an advisory capacity for key decisions and does not necessarily require a full-time role at the organization.
The thresholds by group follow these sources:
- Gender: 50% female or gender non-binary, following the 2X Challenge criteria (https://www.2xchallenge.org/criteria) as interpreted by the Joint Impact Indicators.
- Race/Ethnicity: 50% from a historically marginalized groups, by analogue to Gender.
This disaggregation, applied to another metric, is intended to capture the share of that metric which relates to the selected demographic groups among founders. For example, when applied to Client Organizations (PI9652), this disaggregation would capture the number of client organizations founded by members of the selected demographic group(s).
Founders should self-report their own demographic data to ensure accuracy, particularly for race and gender. Organizations should not assume gender for an individual and should protect vulnerable individuals in the LGBTQIA+ spectrum by reporting these data anonymously and in aggregate. Given that transwomen are women and transmen are men, this metric does not create separate segmentations for those groups. However, organizations are encouraged to create additional groupings using the write-in option as needed to capture those lived experiences that are helpful in understanding equity in outcomes.

Impact Categories & Themes

SDG Goals & Targets

Metric History

June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)

New metric. Founder Demographics (OI0933) was developed via the IRIS+ Gender and Racial Equity Expert Subgroups.

Footnote

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