Giving Compass' Take:
- As nonprofits engage in COVID recovery efforts, Paula Beugen talks with Independent Sector about the importance of investing in cross-sector infrastructure.
- Although it may initially sound paradoxical, how important is collaboration across the independent sector? What can you do to bolster cross-sector infrastructure in your giving?
- Learn about how to prioritize the partnership between nonprofits and corporate enterprises in the U.S.
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Paula J. Beugen is a Minnesota-based volunteerism and community change leader. As the founder-organizer of Reinvigorating the Conversation, a network of volunteer leaders, she is a member of the Nonprofit Infrastructure Investment Advocacy Group (NIIAG).
Independent Sector and KABOOM! co-founded NIIAG to engage diverse leaders from across the charitable nonprofit sector to identify, and advocate for, the essential federal investments needed to rebuild the nation following the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic crisis, and racial injustice of 2020. We spoke with Beugen about her work and why she joined NIIAG.
PB: My background is specialized in the areas of volunteerism, in its many forms, and the broadly defined voluntary sector at the local, state, and national levels. I have provided training, consultation, and/or technical assistance to thousands of volunteers and leaders from the nonprofit, government, and business sectors over the course of my career. Much of my paid career has included public service in above-described areas at the local and state levels. For about six years, I was one of the directors of an interfaith action initiative to strengthen families and neighborhoods impacted by poverty.
NIIAG is playing a substantial and critically important role in pulling together a range of voluntary sector leaders to identify and advocate for nonprofit infrastructure needed in the United States. Independent Sector, together with KABOOM!, has the bandwidth to leverage NIIAG’s work.
I joined NIIAG in hopes that the information, perspectives and ongoing relationships I bring to the table may make a difference in advancing what is needed for a strong, “independent” sector and the well-being of people and communities across our nation. The collective independent sector holds both our government and business sectors accountable. It brings so much dedication, determination, creativity, and innovation to solving problems and seizing opportunities facing America.
Read the full article about cross-sector infrastructure among nonprofits with Paula Beugen at Independent Sector.