Community
At the heart of Independent Sector’s vision of creating a healthy and equitable sector and nation are people building bridges, connections, and community.
Building Trusted Relationships
Our community includes the trusted relationships, lived experience, ancient wisdom, resources, power, and access to ensure all people living in the U.S. thrive.
All changemakers in the Independent Sector Community gather through events (such as Independent Sector’s National Summit), fellowships, advisory groups, committees, or through Independent Sector membership to build a shared sense of belonging and align toward our shared vision and action.
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What is Community Building?
We build a sense of community among all leaders and provide opportunities to build capacity, bridges, and trust to ensure they are aligned toward a healthy and equitable future.
Who is in the Independent Sector Community?
Our community includes changemakers of all kinds – nonprofit and foundation leaders, community activists, philanthropists, researchers, academics, policymakers, and consultants.
Why Community Matters
We strive to be locally grounded, community-informed, and nationally relevant. We are driven by racial equity and inclusion, where Black, Native, people of color, LGBTQ+ folks, people with disabilities co-create vision and action.
Independent Sector's National Summit
Building Collective Power for Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Learn about our summit and other opportunities to grow a diverse, trusted, and aligned network of peers.
What is Independent Sector's National Summit?
Independent Sector’s National Summit brings together leading voices across nonprofits and philanthropy to build our collective power to improve lives and strengthen communities. Together, we can create a stronger sector and a more equitable, inclusive, and just nation.
Learn More About our National Summit
Join us for virtual and in-person events to connect local experiences with national perspectives and transform our sector.
Support the Summit
We co-create our summit with the generous support of strong partnerships.
Our Member Community Commun
From the biggest foundations to local community organizations, with staffs from 35,000 to 2, our membership consists of nonprofits, foundations, and corporations engaged in every kind of charitable endeavor.
Independent Sector Fellows
Our Fellows community offers changemakers an in-depth opportunity to build trusted relationships, learn from one another, and share knowledge and experience to advance a healthy and equitable civil society.
Independent Sector Membership
From local community-based organizations to the biggest foundations, Independent Sector provides resources, access, discounts, and relationships to organizations from across the country.
Recognizing Transformative Leaders
Each year, Independent Sector recognizes extraordinary leaders who are making transformative impact toward a healthy and just civil society.
