Case Study: DonorsChoose achieves data-driven, equitable hiring with Greenhouse Software

DonorsChoose takes a data-driven approach to DE&I in their hiring

DonorsChoose is a nonprofit that funds classroom projects nationwide and is committed to educational equity. As the organization grew, its People & Talent team struggled to align hiring with that mission: data on candidate demographics lived in disparate places, reporting was manual and slow, and inconsistent interviewing processes made bias harder to control.

Using Greenhouse’s DE&I feature set—custom demographic reporting, structured interview kits and scorecards, anonymized take-home tests with rubrics, and in-the-moment nudges—DonorsChoose gained on-demand visibility into its hiring funnel and standardized hiring practices. The result: faster, data-driven conversations with leaders, a more consistent candidate experience, and demonstrable impact on diversity (58% of candidates reaching face-to-face interviews identified as people of color), enabling scalable, inclusive hiring.

DonorsChoose

Austin Galoob

Manager of People & Talent