The Advancing Faculty Diversity (AFD) Program at the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) started in 2016 with the goal of increasing diversity within the ladder-rank faculty. AFD offers two funding programs, the AFD Recruitment program and the AFD Improved Climate and Retention program. The AFD Recruitment program, which supports efforts on campuses to develop recruitment processes that are predicted to result in more diverse faculty hiring; and 2) the AFD Improved Climate and Retention program, which supports efforts both on and across campuses to develop equity-oriented interventions, data capacity, and research to improve workplace climate and retention outcomes.