Stories from Our Sector

Independent Sector wants to showcase your innovative projects and stories of change. Help us share your stories that give people in the nonprofit and philanthropic community an opportunity to be inspired, learn from each other, and find new ways to collaborate and innovate.

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Bringing Art to Life: New Report Looks at Unorthodox Effort to Deliver Poetry to People
A new report explores the O, Miami Poetry Festival’s efforts to deliver a poem to everyone in Miami Dade County by dropping poems from helicopters, sewing them into clothing, placing them throughout the Everglades, and more. This report was commissioned by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Learn more.

GiveSmart: Conversations with Remarkable Givers
The Bridgespan Group's "Conversations with Remarkable Givers," is a video series of frank and candid conversations about strategic thinking, insights, and wisdom from more than 60 results-oriented philanthropists. Independent Sector is pleased that 15 of these people interviewed are IS members. We are happy to share them with you.

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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More Stories from Our Sector:

• Center for Effective Philanthropy helps funders have a greater impact. 
• Deloitte partners to boost college attendance.
• Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF) is featured in a Q&A about how 12 co-investors have joined the True North Fund, a public/private partnership created to leverage the federal resources of the Social Innovation Fund (SIF).
• Kraft Foods fights hunger and promotes healthy lifestyles.
• NAEIR partners to make a difference in communities across the country.
  
• Rachel’s Fund is a program of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, an organization dedicated to abolishing capital punishment.