Leading members of the U.S. nonprofit community, concerned about a backlog of nonprofit tax forms that has reached historic proportions, recently submitted comments on the Form 990 series to the Internal Revenue Service.

Weave: The Social Fabric Project empowers those who are connecting people in their communities.

OCTOBER 7, 2022 - On the heels of a four-month Digital Equity Accelerator, hosted by Aspen Digital in collaboration with HP Inc., this event highlighted the importance of digital inclusion and premiered the work of seven groundbreaking nonprofits – in the US, India, and Morocco – working to promote education, healthcare, and economic opportunity through digital innovation.

There are dedicated groups accelerating digital equity for their communities around the world. Over the past four months, Aspen Digital has been training 7 groundbreaking nonprofits to scale their efforts to close the tech gap for marginalized and underserved populations. Get to know these outstanding organizations, and join us on October 7 for a virtual event to hear their stories.

The Program on Philanthropy & Social Innovation (PSI) at the Aspen Institute is pleased to share a new article from the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), Unlocking the Potential of Open 990 Data. In the article, authors Cinthia Schuman Ottinger of PSI and Jeff Williams of the Dorothy Johnson Center for Philanthropy build on PSI’s work to generate new knowledge and increase transparency in the nonprofit sector.

Lessons learned from a multi-year series of virtual exchanges showcasing the work of on-the-ground tribal and rural practitioners in their own voices and focused on practical rural development strategies.

Aspen CSG Fellow, Stacy Caldwell, reflects on five community-centered takeaways from Aspen Ideas Festival 2022.

To help families cope with trauma and loss, community leaders are using the two-generation approach.

This Executive Summary of Measure Up: A Call to Action highlights six principles for measuring rural development progress.