Taking Collective Action After Trauma
By Independent Sector in Blog onThe news out of Minneapolis this week is a painful reminder of a pattern of structural racism that continues…
Research Round Robin: May 2020
By Independent Sector in Blog onEach month Independent Sector collects research with broad sector relevance to share with you. May’s research contains important insights…
Letter to Congress Asks to Treat Nonprofits Fairly in Loan Forgiveness
By Independent Sector in Blog onOn May 21, Independent Sector and the National Council of Nonprofits submitted a letter asking that nonprofits be treated…
DC Download – April 2020
By Independent Sector in Blog onCongress continues to enforce social distancing, with many staffers teleworking and passing legislation by unanimous consent to enable lawmakers…
Sustaining Hope and Telling the Truth
By Independent Sector in Blog onOver the last week I have been thinking about leadership and what it means. I don’t subscribe to the…
Research Round Robin: April 2020
By Independent Sector in Blog onEach month Independent Sector collects research with broad sector relevance to share with you. April’s research contains important insights…
Solidarity In Resilience
By Independent Sector in Blog onUpdated: April 15, 2020As I celebrated Passover and Easter in my own home over the weekend, I thought of…
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES ACT): Summary for Nonprofits
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Policy Brief onThe Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES ACT) (H.R. 748) passed the Senate just before midnight on…
Unifying Our Sector’s Response
By Independent Sector in Blog onIt is hard to believe it’s only been about a week since the IS office moved to fully remote.…
DC Download – March
By Independent Sector in Blog onWhat a month March has turned out to be. Washington DC is no exception to the rest of the…
Our Policy Response to COVID-19
By Independent Sector in Blog onWhile perhaps a bit over-simplified, when Independent Sector thinks about what exemplifies a healthy civil society, we think of…
Research Round Robin: March 2020
By Independent Sector in Blog onIndependent Sector has collected another month’s worth of research with broad sector relevance that we’d like to share with…
Update on Senate COVID-19 Relief Package
By Independent Sector in Uncategorized onI am writing to provide a very quick update as to where things stand on mid-Sunday afternoon regarding the…
COVID-19 Relief Legislative Update
Leaders from Independent Sector and Washington Council Ernst & Young update the sector on the latest developments with the…
Senate Republicans Introduce New COVID-19 Stimulus Package
By Independent Sector in Blog onLast night, Senate Republicans introduced their version of a third coronavirus response package. While not yet near what the…
Leading in a Time of Pandemic: A Policy Update
By Independent Sector in Blog onThree weeks ago, I took the IS public policy team into a retreat (on site at IS – nothing…
Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Summary for Nonprofits
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Policy Brief onThe Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) was signed by President Donald Trump on March 18. A congressional…
A Call for $60 billion Stimulus to Help Communities in Need
By Independent Sector in Blog onIndependent Sector joined more than 50 nonprofit organizations in calling Congress to pass a $60 billion stimulus package to…
Leading and Supporting During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Independent Sector in Blog onUpdated on March 14, 2020Like many of you, we have been busy answering calls and emails from our staff,…
Charity Voice Needed in DAF Conversations
By Independent Sector in Blog onPolicymakers, academics, and nonprofit leaders have been talking about the proper role and oversight of donor-advised funds (DAFs) for…