Who Defines the “Good” in “Common Good”?
By Independent Sector in Blog onIn June 2018, Independent Sector and Stanford Social Innovation Review launched Civil Society for the 21st Century, an article…
The Best Leaders May Be Those Who “Give Up”
By Independent Sector in Blog onIn June 2018, Independent Sector and Stanford Social Innovation Review launched Civil Society for the 21st Century, an article…
Research Round Robin: June 2018
By Independent Sector in Blog onSince our May roundup of research, we’ve seen yet more new insightful data and analyses. Our picks for this…
Civil Society, Spirited Discussion
By Independent Sector in Blog onImagine you could invite 30 of the smartest, most committed people in America to a dinner party where each…
The Latest DEI Research of 2018, Part 1
By Independent Sector in Blog onOver the past few months, we’ve been sharing monthly roundups of research that, in one way or another, relate…
S3E7: Recess, Elections, and Race, Oh My!
By Independent Sector in Blog onIn this episode, Kristina is joined by IS policy directors, Ben Kershaw and Allison Grayson, to discuss the cancellation…
May 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…
Meet the 2018 American Express NGen Fellows
By Independent Sector in Blog onThere’s a new cohort in town.At the beginning of May, the 2018 American Express NGen Fellows took part in…
Putting Racial Equity at the Center of Your Organization’s Culture
By Independent Sector in Blog onLast month, Equity in the Center, a project of ProInspire, launched their highly anticipated report, Awake to Woke to…
Our First NGen Leadership Awardees: 2010 – 2013
By Independent Sector in Blog onEach year since 2010, the American Express NGen Leadership Award has recognized one distinguished leader 40 or younger who…
Research Round Robin: May 2018
By Independent Sector in Blog onSince our April roundup of research, we’ve seen yet more new insightful data and analyses. Our pick’s for this…
Building Street Cred…One Tax Return at a Time.
By Independent Sector in Blog onIn 2014, Lucy Marcil began a pediatric residency at Boston Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital. There, she committed…
IS on the Road: Higher Achievement Window of Opportunity Breakfast
By Independent Sector in Blog onLast week, Lindsay Marcal from our membership team made it over to FHI 360’s space in Washington, DC to…
April 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…
Everything We Can Do, We Should Do
By Independent Sector in Blog onAs the lead on Independent Sector’s public policy and communications work, I wanted to thank all the readers and…
Voting and Power
By Independent Sector in Blog onWhat can the biggest winner of the 2016 election teach nonprofits about how to do our work? No, it’s…
IS on the Road: PolicyLink Delivers for Thousands of Equity Champions
By Independent Sector in Blog onLast week, two of my IS colleagues and I were able to attend PolicyLink’s Equity Summit. The event, held…
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…
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…