Adopted by the Board of Directors October 28, 2020 – Updated 2.28.2024

SNAP’s mission is to increase the human potential of our community by providing opportunities for people in need. Many people in our community face racism, discrimination, and other barriers based on their identity and socio-economic circumstances that prevent them from reaching their human potential. SNAP cannot deliver on its vision of a strong community where all people have the opportunity to strive toward their full potential without an active and continuing commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion in its policies, practices, and programs.

The Board, Management, Staff, and Volunteers at SNAP do their work because they have a fundamental and abiding desire to help people. We are more effective at achieving SNAP’s mission when we embrace and practice the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion. SNAP’s success in these practices requires a deep and honest examination of our own beliefs, current practices, the lived experiences of those we serve, and the complex web of social structures that lead to inequitable outcomes based on identity. SNAP is committed to acting on what is learned from this deep and honest examination. However difficult, uncomfortable, and challenging this process, SNAP and our community are better and stronger for it.

To ensure a more equitable community the SNAP Board will:

  • Regularly gather and assess data that tells us who is disproportionately in need.
  • Engage those disproportionately in need in more specifically identifying and prioritizing needs and work to act and communicate those efforts. Regularly assess and identify our biases and privileges so that they do not impair our ability to deliver on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
  • Act as an advocate in our community for equity, diversity, and inclusion. Ensure that our leadership, staff, volunteers, and community partners reflect the diversity represented in the communities we serve
  • Live our Equity Value by taking responsibility for addressing internal and external systemic barriers to create an equitable community.