FAQs: Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
By Dylan Fitzgerald onOn September 22, 2020, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) banning federal contractors from conducting training…
Updates and a New Resource on the Executive Order on Race and Gender
By Independent Sector in Blog onAs leaders across the nonprofit sector are aware, the Trump Administration recently released its Executive Order on Combatting Race…
Amplifying the Voices of Frontline Nonprofit Leaders During COVID-19
By Independent Sector in Blog onThis year, we have had the privilege of working closely with Walmart.org to fund 48 Upswell Fellows from Pittsburgh…
How Healthy is the Nonprofit Sector?
By Independent Sector in Blog onWhat seems like the longest year of a lifetime is growing to a close. To say that 2020 has…
Terence Lester to Receive 2020 American Express NGen Leadership Award
By Independent Sector in Press Release onFounder of Love Beyond Walls uses storytelling and digital media to provide voice for people experiencing homelessness and systemic…
An Executive Order and a Moment to Get Unstuck
By Independent Sector in Blog onThe news over the last few days has been paralyzing. Truly, I am stunned at just how much has…
What Binds Us Toward Hope
By Independent Sector in Blog onSad. Exhausted. Shaken. These are a few of the words I heard from colleagues and staff last week in…
Research Round Robin: September 2020
By Independent Sector in Blog onEach month Independent Sector collects research with broad sector relevance to share with you. August’s research contains important insights…
Democracy Is Not A Spectator Sport
By Independent Sector in Uncategorized onIn a Deep South state where voter suppression has soared since the 2013 gutting of the Voting Rights Act,…
Investing in National Service Can Rebuild Our Civic Infrastructure
By Independent Sector in Blog onOur country faces mounting public health, economic, and educational crises, as well as a nationwide reckoning on racial injustice…
The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Electoral Politics
By Independent Sector in Blog onCelebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s Passage While Continuing to Fight for Its Promise In recognition of Women’s…
Renewal in Service of Marginalized Communities
By Independent Sector in Blog onIs renewal possible without extraction? The answer is yes, but it is worth exploring why it’s often not how…
Do We Have a Shared Vision for Our Nation?
By Independent Sector in Blog onIt has been a little over a month since I last wrote you. As you may know, I try…
Research Round Robin: August 2020
By Independent Sector in Blog onEach month Independent Sector collects research with broad sector relevance to share with you. August’s research contains important insights…
Neither Snow Nor Rain – But What About 2020?
By Independent Sector in Blog onOn August 13, President Donald Trump made explicit that he opposed much needed additional funding for the United States…
No Nonprofit Left Behind
By Independent Sector in Uncategorized onNonprofit Impact is a Matter of Fact Not OpinionThe second week of legislative negotiations for the next COVID-19 relief…
Healthy Elections, Voter Suppression, and Expanding Broadband Access—Why They Matter, How They’re Related, and What You Can Do
By Independent Sector in Blog onThere is a plethora of ways the nonprofit sector can prepare to do our part to ensure a healthy…
Let’s Talk About the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap and White Advantage
By Independent Sector in Blog onLast month, Building Movement Project released a new report, Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the…
Democracy Over Disenfranchisement
By Independent Sector in Blog onThe Health of American Democracy is Central to the Health of American Voters and an Accurate 2020 CensusAt the…
It’s Time to Get Loud
By Independent Sector in Blog onLast week, we partnered with the Monitor Institute by Deloitte to release their report outlining the possible scenarios civil…