Nonprofit Policy and Research Project

About this grant

The project goal is to advance the nonprofit sector’s policy development and advocacy capacity. The Nonprofit Quarterly, whose mission is to promote active democracy and a thriving civil society, is one of the leading three publications serving the nonprofit sector in the United States. The Nonprofit Quarterly aims to build a practice to elucidate policy options and positions in a manner that addresses not only institutional perspectives, but those of the communities served by nonprofits and civil society more broadly. Specific activities include: 1)investigation of consequences of policy proposals affecting nonprofits and philanthropy; 2)organizing a policy committee dedicated to the best interests of civil society and communities; 3) commissioning research and white papers on priority policy positions; 4) dedicating senior editor time to vet and frame policy positions; 5) advancing ongoing dialogue on critical policy issues; and 6) developing new dissemination methods for this content. The Nonprofit Quarterly was launched as a national journal in late 1999 as a publication of Third Sector New England and in 2006 spun off into an independent publication.