Foundation Tools for Nonpartisan Voter Engagement
By Independent Sector in Blog onLast week, Independent Sector joined Nonprofit VOTE and the Council on Foundations to publish a set of practical tools…
Foundation Voter Engagement Toolkits
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Toolkit onIndependent Sector partnered with Nonprofit VOTE and the Council on Foundations to publish toolkits designed to help both community…
Research Round Robin: April 2018
By Independent Sector in Blog onSince our March roundup of research, there’s already been a robust crop of new insightful data and analyses spanning…
Jump-start Your Advocacy by Bringing Data to Life
Data should be more than just information on a spreadsheet. Whether you're tracking the number of actions taken by…
April Monthly Policy Update
It's the beginning of the second quarter in an election year. Does that mean we're headed for a legislative…
March IS Member Anniversaries
By Independent Sector in Blog onIndependent Sector’s members represent the variety of ways that working toward the common good happens in our country, and…
S3E3: They Did What?
By Independent Sector in Blog onA bipartisan spending package? This Congress? Yeah, it happened. Jamie and Kristina are joined by Independent Sector’s own Allison…
The DC Download – March 2018
By Independent Sector in Blog onWant to stay up to date, but need the short version? We’ve got you covered! Here are the major…
Scary Lessons for the Johnson Amendment
By Independent Sector in Blog onThis month, the nonprofit sector narrowly escaped a potential nightmare. A small group of policymakers failed in their second…
Embracing Activism and the New Generation
By Independent Sector in Blog on“Kids should be seen, and not heard.” This is an attitude among adults that Wendy Schaetzel, of the volunteer-run…
3 Advocacy Myths, Debunked
By Independent Sector in Blog onIndependent Sector believes that every charitable organization should use advocacy to fulfill its mission. But we are also aware…
To Forgive (Student Loans) Is Divine
By Independent Sector in Blog onA divine federal program critical to high-impact nonprofits received an important boost last week. The 2,232-page omnibus bill that…
Johnson Amendment Is Safe, for Now
By Independent Sector in Blog onThis week, Congress has been debating the final details of a Fiscal Year 2018 omnibus spending bill, which would…
Independent Sector Statement on Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Budget Agreement
By Independent Sector in Press Release on(WASHINGTON, March 22, 2018) – The following statement is from Daniel J. Cardinali, president and CEO of Independent Sector:“Independent…
2017 Tax Bill Impact on Charitable Giving
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Policy Brief onIndependent Sector is currently working with the Tax Policy Center and Indiana University to obtain updated estimates and real-time…
Tweet Today to Protect Charities from Partisan Politics
By Independent Sector in Blog onLike birds, individual charitable organizations seem relatively innocuous, even cute. But when a flock of birds are coming at…
Inside 16th & L: Mareeha Niaz
By Independent Sector in Blog onInside 16th & L is our bi-weekly blog series showcasing the Independent Sector team here at the corner of…
IS on the Road: Kerner Commission at 50
By Independent Sector in Blog onLast month, I had the opportunity to join my colleagues, Pickett Slater Harrington and Habib Bako, for a landmark…
IS on the Road: Museums Advocacy Day 2018
By Independent Sector in Blog onAt the end of February, Allison Grayson from our public policy team shared a federal policy update at Museums…
March Monthly Policy Update
Everything that rises must converge - and with upcoming deadlines for federal spending and a number of other key…
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