April 14-15, Independent Sector convened some 30 world-class academics, legal experts, and practitioners to discuss, among other things, “hybrid” organizations that blend characteristics of for-profits and nonprofits. Find out what they discussed and how it relates to comprehensive tax reform in Diana’s blog this month.

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History is unfolding before our eyes in the Middle East and North Africa as millions of courageous men and women risk – and sacrifice – their lives for freedom. How might the nonprofit and philanthropic community support their transition to more representative forms of government? Find out in Diana’s blog.

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About two weeks ago, some 900 people joined us in Atlanta for our Annual Conference. Elements from our discussion on “American Democracy at a Crossroads” arose again this past weekend during Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.” Read more in Diana’s blog …

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in less than 24 hours we will be kicking off the Independent Sector Annual Conference with the seventh annual Public Policy Action Institute –- 10 a.m. Tuesday in Atlanta. This pre-conference institute is bringing together 140 CEOs and senior policy staff from the nation’s leading nonprofits and foundations. We are excited by the large turnout, as well as the caliber of the people who have chosen to join us for our discussions, debates, and strategizing during our day-and-a-half.

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It is high time to update laws governing our sector's right to advocate. Even before the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, business had more resources to allocate for such purposes. The Court's decision further lowered the barriers to corporate participation. Why would we too not seek support for increasing our advocacy capacity, in a nonpartisan fashion? I am not talking about entering into the partisan fray, but simply making it possible to advocate more effectively for the causes to which we are committed.

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