Independent Sector
For The Charting Impact Initiative
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Amount$200,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/12/2012
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Term13 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The Charting Impact Initiative is central to our grantmaking strategy to build a supply of high-quality information about nonprofit performance. In the short term, this initiative gives nonprofits a tool to improve the clarity and cogency of their goals and strategies. In the medium term, the five questions from this tool could become the core of a common application form for philanthropy. The three organizations running the initiative (Independent Sector, GuideStar, and the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance) will focus on promoting the widespread adoption of this framework in the coming year.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.independentsector.org
Address
1602 L Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC, 20036-5602, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Independent Sector is the national nonpartisan leadership network for nonprofits, foundations, and corporations seeking to advance the common good. Independent Sector has nearly 500 members that represent diverse issues and geographies. It hosts a large annual national conference and also works on federal policy issues that affect the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, including tax incentives and the exemption status of organizations within the sector.
for a project to advance nonprofit sector priorities and position
Independent Sector is the nonpartisan leadership network nationally for nonprofits, foundations, and corporations seeking to advance the common good. Independent Sector has nearly 500 members that represent diverse issues and geographies. It hosts a large, annual national conference and also works on federal policy issues that affect the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, including tax incentives and the exemption status of organizations within the sector. This grant will support Independent Sector's efforts to advance nonprofit sector priorities and position at the federal level.
for the Charting Impact Initiative
The Charting Impact Initiative is central to the Program's strategy to build a system of high-quality information about nonprofit performance. The first phase of the Initiative was a field-wide process to establish a standardized set of five questions that every nonprofit should answer. The three organizations running the initiative-Independent Sector, GuideStar, and the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance-are now turning their attention to encouraging widespread adoption of this framework. In the short term, Charting Impact creates a tool to ensure the clarity and cogency of nonprofit goals and strategies. In the medium term, these questions could form the intellectual core of a common application form for philanthropy.