The Road to Measuring Advocacy Success
By Independent Sector in Blog onAdvocacy plans are like a long road trip. Along any road trip, you will have a series of slow-downs…
National Voter Registration Day Breaks Records
By Independent Sector in Blog onRegistering voters is so hip right now. Like me, you may have seen people standing outside your local public…
Volunteerism and National Service – Defining the IS Policy Agenda
By Independent Sector in Blog onEvery opportunity that I get, I like to say that there are three measures that are of particular importance…
Mission Possible: Getting Out the Vote by Starting with Staff
By Independent Sector in Blog onNonprofit VOTE and Independent Sector are partnering to bring you a new blog series, Mission Possible. This series will…
New Poll: Smart Candidates Will Pay Attention to Nonprofits
By Independent Sector in Blog onNonprofit organizations spend far too little time engaging with candidates for elected office. In doing so, they miss critical…
New Poll Shows Voters Want Candidates to Work with and Support Nonprofits
By Independent Sector in Press Release on62% of registered voters are more likely to support candidates that promise to work with nonprofit organizations; Strong majority…
Poll: Registered Voters Support Candidates Who Engage Nonprofits
By Dylan Fitzgerald onOn October 7-10, 2019, Independent Sector commissioned public polling of registered voters regarding their views on candidate engagement with…
Amplifying Voices to Change the Foster Care System
By Independent Sector in Blog onAs a home for nonprofits, foundations, and corporate allies engaged in every kind of charitable endeavor, Independent Sector is…
October Monthly Policy Update
The calendar is creeping toward Halloween, and negotiations on government funding appear stalled before November's deadline. There are signs…
S4E9: Centering Community Is Everything
By Independent Sector in Blog onIn this episode, Kristina and Allison review some of the examples of advocacy in the news, reflect on IS…
We Have Questions for the Presidential Candidates
By Independent Sector in Blog onEarlier this month, Independent Sector circulated a questionnaire to all the 2020 presidential campaigns. That, in and of itself,…
Up Your Policy and Advocacy Game at Upswell
By Independent Sector in Blog onThis November at Upswell, changemakers like you from across the country will converge in Chicago to put your collective…
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.…
DC Download – September 2019
By Independent Sector in Blog onCongress is back in session after the August recess, and it has been busy between hearings and keeping the…
IS Staff “Rise up” at 2nd Annual All Staff Hill Day
By Independent Sector in Blog onBeing located in Washington, DC, one might assume the Broadway show, Hamilton: An American Musical, serves as the soundtrack…
Research Round Robin: September 2019
By Independent Sector in Blog onWe’ve collected another month’s worth of research that interested us and has broad sector relevance. This month’s set contains…
September Monthly Policy Update
Legislators are back to school and their first test will be avoiding a federal government shutdown when the fiscal…
S4E8: For Back-to-School, We’d Like Some Forgiveness
By Independent Sector in Blog onIn this episode, Kristina and Ben say goodbye to summer and August Recess, but not our student loans. They…
DC Download – August 2019
By Independent Sector in Blog onCongress might be away from DC this month, but the action never stops! Here is a short version of…
The Coalition That Acts Together, Enacts Together
By Independent Sector in Blog onOn August 2, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 was signed into law, lifting tight budget caps that would…
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