Table 3.

PED leadership and support^a

Characteristic	All centers, % (n = 62)	All NCI-designated centers, % (n = 58)	NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, % (n = 42)	Centers with <200 members, % (n = 36)	Centers with ≥200 members, % (n = 26)
PED leadership
Have an appointed PED leader	88	94	93	85	92
PED leader serves on center’s executive committee or equivalent	91	90	90	97	82
PED leader demographics
Female	77	75	76	81	70
Race and ethnicity
Asian	17	18	18	18	15
Black	48	47	50	54	40
Hispanic	27	27	24	25	30
Non-Hispanic White	21	13	15	7	20
Any National Institutes of Health underrepresented category	80	78	79	79	80
First generation	35	35	34	37	32
Immigrant	29	27	26	25	35
LGBTQIA+	7	10	10	8	11
Disability	7	7	9	8	5
Served in the US military	15	14	16	19	10
Support for PED
Full-time equivalent salary support for PED leader
≤0.05	9	7	18	12	4
0.10	33	22	23	38	25
0.15	10	9	13	12	8
0.20	22	19	25	21	25
0.25-0.40	10	11	15	6	17
≥0.50	14	15	18	12	17
Level of full-time equivalent for PED staff
0.0	17	19	10	18	17
0.5-0.85	14	15	18	9	21
1.0	33	30	30	44	17
1.1-1.5	14	13	15	11	17
2.0-2.5	9	9	10	3	17
≥3.0	14	15	18	14	13
PED advisory boards
Have an internal advisory board	72	77	73	72	52
Have an internal and an external advisory board	19	20	17	24	12
Source of PED funds
Institutional funds	86	87	88	88	83
NCI cancer center support grant	40	43	43	45	33
Philanthropy	33	36	33	36	29

^aLGBTQIA+ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and/or asexual; NCI = National Cancer Institute; PED = Plan to Enhance Diversity.