Does Your Board Reflect the Communities You Serve?
By Independent Sector in Blog onTo fully understand and be responsive to societal challenges, it’s important that nonprofit organizations reflect the broad diversity of…
New Year, Great Time to Get Your Nonprofit House in Order
By Independent Sector in Blog onMost of us enthusiastically kick off each new year with a checklist of things we’re determined to get done…
New Member Profile: BluePath Service Dogs
By Independent Sector in Blog onIS members represent nonprofits, foundations, and corporations engaged in every kind of charitable endeavor, with missions that reflect the…
All “A-Board” the Georgetown CLE
By Independent Sector in Blog onEvery spring, lawyers, nonprofit professionals, and other sector experts come to Washington, DC for the Georgetown Law Continuing Legal…
AFP Celebrates October as Ethics Awareness Month
By Independent Sector in Blog onFor the first time, the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), which represents about 32,000 national and international fundraising individuals…
Independent Sector Statement on the Passing of William S. White
By Independent Sector in Press Release on(WASHINGTON, October 10, 2019) – The following statement is from Daniel J. Cardinali, president and CEO of Independent Sector:“We…
Add to Your Advocacy Toolkit, Not Just Your Shopping Cart
By Independent Sector in Blog onI shop at a company that is about to completely change the landscape of my neighborhood in Northern Virginia.…
Ethical Leadership: Navigating Rough Waters With Ease
-At a time when societal distrust is rising, there is arguably no leadership skill more critical than the ability…
Is Facebook Limiting Nonprofit Advocacy?
By Independent Sector in Blog onI’ve always found the idea of “being off the grid” somewhat appealing, but as a communications professional working at…
Research Round Robin: July 2019
By Independent Sector in Blog onWe’ve collected another month’s worth of research that interested us and has broad sector relevance. This set comes from…
Principle 33: Don’t Bite the Hand that Feeds You
By Independent Sector in Blog onKeeping It Ethical is our weekly blog series highlighting the 33 Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice. Throughout the…
Principle 32: Commission-Free Compensation
By Independent Sector in Blog onKeeping It Ethical is our weekly blog series highlighting the 33 Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice. Throughout the…
Principle 31: “Ethical Emani” on Fundraiser Oversight
By Independent Sector in Blog onKeeping it Ethical is our weekly blog series highlighting the 33 Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice. Throughout the…
Principle 30: Sometimes the Juice Ain’t Worth the Squeeze
By Independent Sector in Blog onKeeping It Ethical is our weekly blog series highlighting the 33 Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice. Throughout the…
Principle 29: Giving Virtues
By Independent Sector in Blog onKeeping It Ethical is our weekly blog series highlighting the 33 Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice. Throughout the…
Principle 28: Donor’s Money, Donor’s Way
By Independent Sector in Blog onKeeping It Ethical is our weekly blog series highlighting the 33 Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice. Throughout the…
Principle 27: The Truth Will Set You Free
By Independent Sector in Blog onKeeping It Ethical is our weekly blog series highlighting the 33 Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice. Throughout the…
Bridging the Nonprofit Knowledge Gap Together
By Independent Sector in Blog onIt’s been almost two months exactly since Foundation Center and GuideStar joined forces to become a brand new nonprofit…
Ethical Leadership: Navigating Rough Waters With Ease
-At a time when societal distrust is rising, there is arguably no leadership skill more critical than the ability…
Principle 26: Sure, They Can Go – at Their Expense
By Independent Sector in Blog onKeeping It Ethical is our weekly blog series highlighting the 33 Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice. Throughout the…