This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sometimes the most meaningful piece of feedback never registers, whether it’s because a person is fearful of speaking up, or because they did and were ignored or drowned out. At SurveyMonkey,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before becoming executive director of a small foundation in Binghamton, NY, Catherine Schwoeffermann worked in a museum as a cultural anthropologist and curator of folk arts. While at the museum,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dear Donor, As the year winds down, I know you are getting inundated with appeal letters from dozens of nonprofits. This letter is one of them. Just like other missions,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to Guidestar there are approximately 1.8 million recognized 501(c)3 organizations based in the United States. The Stanford Social Innovation Review notes these organizations account for 5-10 percent of the United States’ economy and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Independent Sector’s Visiting Scholar, I have the unique opportunity to bridge the practitioner and academic spheres of the nonprofit sector. Recently, I observed the need for reliable nonprofit data…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofit organizations in the United States play a vital role delivering services, strengthening communities, and facilitating civic engagement. In our nationally representative survey of nonprofit organizations fielded January through April…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Power operates in every domain of human life: in families and communities; in social, civic, and economic organizations; and in political states and regimes. Reclaiming democracy means contending with power.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world faces the climate crisis, international protests for racial justice, a global pandemic, and an economic downturn, the social change sector is struggling. Organizations across the spectrum are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Conserving nature” is not going well. Nearly all indicators of biological diversity are trending in the wrong direction, from habitat loss and the impacts of invasive species to extinction rates…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mental health is still not well explored in India, and the discourse around well-being is only slowly picking up. There is still a lot of stigma around these issues, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Alexis de Tocqueville visited the mid-Atlantic in 1840, he was struck by America’s power to collaborate. Americans “seek each other out and unite together once they have made contact,”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When I think of well-being, I don’t think of it as something that is purely psychological or for that matter, individual. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is defined as…