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…
Research Round Robin: March 2018
By Independent Sector in Blog onResearch helps us gauge society’s overall health and understand the charitable community’s vital role in improving lives and our…
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…
S3E2: Make the 2020 Census Count
By Independent Sector in Blog onIn this episode, Jamie and Kristina discuss the incredible advocacy work of young people and bring you updates on…
February 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…
Many Nonprofit Employees DREAM
By Independent Sector in Blog onAna is like many of us who work in the nonprofit sector. She mixes her idealism and determination for…
Policy Podcast Returns With New Name
By Independent Sector in Blog onGuess who's back! Jamie Tucker and Kristina Gawrgy Campbell are back at it with a new podcast name. Voices…
Research Round Robin: February 2018
By Independent Sector in Blog onWhether we’re trying to gauge our effectiveness, get a big picture idea of our sector’s overall health, or make…
Turning #MeToo into #NotHere
-Handling Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace in 2018We are witnessing a tidal wave of individuals coming forward with their…
Nominations Open for 2018 John W. Gardner Leadership Award
By Independent Sector in Blog onAs part of our ongoing efforts to emphasize the critical importance of strong and transformational leaders in the charitable…
Why You Should Take NFF’s State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey
By Independent Sector in Blog onThe Nonprofit Finance Fund’s State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey is a barometer of U.S. nonprofits' programmatic, management, and…
Top 10 Stories of 2017
By Independent Sector in Blog onBetween the tax reform fight, recognizing some of our sector's most promising leaders, gathering in America's comeback city, and…
NGen Speaks: Racial Justice
By Independent Sector in Blog onThe following is the project by 2016-17 cohort of the American Express NGen Fellows program. This podcast series features…
NGen Speaks: Who Gets to Lead?
By Independent Sector in Blog onThe following is the project by 2016-17 cohort of the American Express NGen Fellows program. This podcast series features…
2017: NGen Speaks
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Podcast onNGen Speaks is a podcast series featuring emerging nonprofit leaders grappling with complex, sometimes controversial issues. Each leader brings…
S2E9: We Weren’t Kidding. It’s Bad.
By Independent Sector in Blog onWe’re back, and it seems that the world is on fire. Jamie, Kristina, and Allison share the latest on…
Worth the Fight: Heroic Veteran Nurses Share Reflections at Vietnam Women’s Memorial
By Independent Sector in Blog onIt was August 1983 when Diane Carlson Evans, RN first presented the idea of building a memorial to honor…
Closing Our Common Future in America’s Comeback City
By Independent Sector in Blog onDarren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, wasn’t the only one in the room at the final plenary session…
Making Magic and Opening Pathways Through a Common Future
By Independent Sector in Blog onIt’s 2017 and we are reminded now more than ever that the world is changing. Without a shadow of…