The Nonprofit Sector and Advocacy: Challenges Ahead

December 2012

Past Event

The Nonprofit Sector and Advocacy: Challenges Ahead

Past Event

��, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

December 14, 2012

December 2012

Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

Speakers:

William Schambra,

Hudson Senior Fellow and Director, Bradley Center for Philanthropy & Civic Renewal

Nan Aron,

President of the Alliance for Justice

Diana Aviv,

President and CEO of Independent Sector

Sean Dobson,

Field Director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Steve Taylor,

Senior Vice President and Counsel for Public Policy at United Way

A recent report from Independent Sector, Beyond the Cause: The Art and Science of Advocacy discussed practices that promote success in advocacy by nonprofits and their coalitions and was well received, but the second part of the report engendered controversy. It addressed 6 policy issues affecting nonprofit operations, including the charitable deduction, and recommended that significant resources be dedicated to a convening of groups to advocate in behalf of the sector on these issues.

The report drew praise from many in the nonprofit sector, and criticism from others, including the Alliance for Justice and the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.

Required Reading

, Independent Sector, Revised edition: November 8, 2012.

Nan Aron, , Alliance for Justice, October 26, 2012.

Aaron Dorfman, , National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, October 19, 2012.

Pablo Eisenberg, , The Chronicle of Philanthropy, October 9, 2012.

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