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Nonprofit Leadership Initiative
The goal of INDEPENDENT SECTOR's Nonprofit Leadership Initiative is to build and strengthen the future of the nonprofit sector by cultivating the leadership capacity of new and developing  leaders, especially leaders of color, and by creating a culture within the sector that invests in its future leadership.

The Nonprofit Leadership Initiative targets both new and developing leaders and organizations throughout the sector that need to cultivate future leaders. Emerging leaders are considered those individuals from every age range and every demographic group who are working in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector and have a long-term commitment to public service. This description includes those who are newcomers to the sector through age or through crossing over from another sector. It also includes those who, for a variety of reasons, may have been working in the sector but because of gender, ethnicity, geographic isolation, or other social or cultural barriers have had limited leadership opportunities.

INDEPENDENT SECTOR's strategy will include the sponsorship or convening of dialogues and briefing related to nonprofit leadership and the development of an online Resource Center Wherever possible, IS will include building relationships and collaborating with key organizations to achieve the goals of this initiative. 

Nonprofit Leadership Initiative 
Activities and Resources:

  • Resource Center includes programs and organizations in the area of leadership development.
  • Emerging Leaders Program at the INDEPENDENT SECTOR Annual Conference. The program goal is to build the leadership potential of future nonprofit leaders. An Alumni section is also available.
  • Leadership IS Award, an award that recognizes organizations that value and develop a culture of investing in the people of the nonprofit sector as they work to build community.
  • Leadership for the Common Good, an IS taskforce report which includes strategies and activities to attract, retain, diversify, and grow people in the nonprofit sector.
  • Attract and Support Emerging Leaders in Your Organization, suggestions on how to recruit and retain emerging leaders. 
  • Promising Practices to create a culture of investing in the people of the sector; compiled from submissions for the Leadership IS Award.

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