Miss Advocacy Manners Answers Your New Year’s Resolutions Questions
By Independent Sector in Blog onDear Miss Advocacy Manners,I am so excited for this new year! I am feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to…
Needed: Timely Data on Nonprofits. Want to Help?
By Independent Sector in Blog onThe global pandemic shined a spotlight on a range of long-time challenges and many essentials that we have taken…
If You Weren’t Paying Attention to Rural Broadband Before, You Are Now
By Independent Sector in Blog onRural communities have struggled to keep pace with broadband access, as compared to their urban counterparts, for many reasons…
Research Round Robin: January 2021
By Independent Sector in Uncategorized onEach month Independent Sector brings you research relevant to the nonprofit sector. January’s research contains important insights into the…
Share Your Recommendations with the Biden Administration
By Independent Sector in Uncategorized onOn behalf of our members and larger nonprofit and philanthropic community, Independent Sector has been having ongoing and productive…
December (Policy) Lists
By Independent Sector in Blog onDecember was the time for making lists as I was growing up. While those childhood lists predictably included all…
DC Download December 2020
By Independent Sector in Blog onJust like that, we have arrived at the end of quite a challenging year. December turned out to be…
Research Round Robin: December 2020
By Independent Sector in Uncategorized onEach month Independent Sector December’s research contains important insights into the impacts of COVID-19 on nonprofit jobs and giving…
What Holds a Community Together?
By Independent Sector in Blog onA community is more than the sum of its roads, bridges and electricity grid – what we traditionally think…
The Stories We Tell
By Independent Sector in Blog onWhat are the things we’ll tell our children this Thanksgiving?In the famous musical by Stephen Sondheim, Into The Woods,…
It’s Time for Congress to Help Parents Juggling Work and Child Care During COVID-19
By Independent Sector in Blog onCOVID-19 has affected our lives profoundly, both professionally and personally. Among those severely affected are nonprofit organizations that are…
Research Round Robin: November 2020
By Independent Sector in Blog onEach month Independent Sector collects research with broad sector relevance to share with you. November’s research contains important insights…
DC Download November 2020
By Independent Sector in Blog onWhat a month November has been. With a close election behind us, the Democrats maintain the majority in the…
Using My Voice
By Independent Sector in Blog onThe Merriam-Webster dictionary defines voice as “an instrument or medium of expression;” a “wish, choice, or opinion openly or…
DC Download October 2020
By Independent Sector in Blog onFall is in full swing in the District and things have remained hectic during the month before the presidential…
New Poll: Voters Support Nonprofit Policy Priorities
By Dylan Fitzgerald onOn October 11-12, 2020, Independent Sector commissioned public polling of registered voters. The results – on a wide range…
Upswell Lays Bare the Work Ahead
By Independent Sector in Blog onIt’s been about two weeks since we gathered more than 2,000 changemakers from across the country at Upswell to…
Research Round Robin: October 2020
By Independent Sector in Uncategorized onEach month Independent Sector collects research with broad sector relevance to share with you. October’s research contains important insights…
Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act – September 2020 Update
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Policy Brief onSelected Provisions of Relevance to the Nonprofit Sector - Updated by House Democrats on September 28, 2020Unemployment InsuranceExtension of emergency…
Beyond the Battle Cry This Election Season
By Independent Sector in Blog onEarlier this week, some of my Independent Sector colleagues and I were in a conversation with the Independent Sector…