As concerned leaders in the nonprofit, or citizen, sector, we have come together in this time of national crisis to renew our committment to serve as partners in public service in addressing the challenges our nation faces.

This renewal process will involve work for all of us: (click to expand)

it will require greater commitment to service and community, to giving and volunteering.

at all levels, it will require flexibility and new approaches, investment in nonprofit capacity, a nonprofit seat at the policy table, heightened responsiveness to citizen sector innovations, and greater protection of the distinctive functions such as advocacy that make the citizen sector so vital.

it will require strengthened partnerships with citizen sector organizations and continued integration of socially responsible objectives into central business operations.

it will require greater commitment to leveraging, as opposed to preserving, assets, to fostering innovation, and to taking risks.

it will require effective management, continuous innovation, recommitment to mission, broadened engagement of citizens, and attention to measurable results.

it will require a recognition that no one set of institutions has all of the answers or all of the resources needed to address the problems we face, and that cooperative action by all of our institutions—government, business, and nonprofit—holds the real key to the progress we need.

Peter Goldberg, President and CEO
Alliance for Children and Families

Joseph Haggerty, Chief Operating Officer
United Way of America

Najean Lee, Government Affairs Manager
League of American Orchestras

Jesse Rosen, President and CEO
League of American Orchestras

Lester M. Salamon, Director
Johns Hopkins Center for
Civil Society Studies

Kim Syman, Managing Partner
New Profit Inc.

Kyle Caldwell, CEO
Michigan Nonprofit Association

Tim Delaney, President and CEO
National Council of Nonprofits

Ford W. Bell, President
American Association of Museums

Reynold Levy, President
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Jill Schumann, President and CEO
Lutheran Services in America

Larry Minnix, CEO
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

John Bridgeland, President and CEO
Civic Enterprises

Chuck Gould, President
Volunteers of America

Valerie S. Lies, President and CEO
Donors Forum

Roger Horchow, Philanthropist and Founder
The Horchow Collection

Bill Bentley, President and CEO
Voices for America’s Children

Eli Feldman, CEO and President
Metropolitan Jewish Health System

Brian O’Connell, Founding President and President Emeritus
Independent Sector

Michael Brown, President
City Year

Dorothy Stoneman, President
Youthbuild U.S.A.

Mario Morino, Co-Founder and Chairman
Venture Philanthropy Partners

Irv Katz, President and CEO
National Human Services Assembly

Shirley Sagawa, Founder
sagawa/jospin

William M. Dietel, President
Pierson/Lovelace Foundation

Kathy Cloninger, President and CEO
Girl Scouts of the USA

Don Mathis, President and CEO
Community Action Partnership

Meredith Clark, Chief Operating Officer
California Association of Nonprofits

James Firman, President and CEO
National Council on Aging

Doug Sauer, CEO
New York Council of Nonprofits

Kenneth Wade, President
NeighborWorks America

Victoria Wagner, President and CEO
National Network for Youth

News

2.24.09: You can find the Chronicle of Philanthropy's article on the Declaration in a print copy or here (subscription reqd).

2.24.09: Read the JHU press release.
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3.5.09: The Times discusses the Declaration.

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