Date
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
11:30 a.m – 1:00 p.m. (PT)
Event Description
Title
Understanding Trust in Civil Society - A Conversation with Dan Cardinali, President and CEO - Independent Sector
Presenter
Dan Cardinali, President and CEO, Independent Sector
Co-Moderators
Sarah Kastelic, CEO, National Indian Child Welfare Association and Board Member, Independent Sector
Jim White, Executive Director, Nonprofit Association of Oregon
Our ability as individuals and organizations to hold true to creating a more just and equitable nation will live or die by trust in civil society. While we intuitively know that trust building is vital, we don’t always have the information necessary to know where we stand or what we need to change.
Independent Sector recently released a survey report on trust in civil society. In many ways, the findings are not surprising. They reinforce what we’ve known about the ways trust drives activities like volunteering, giving, and civic engagement. The data shows that nonprofits are more trusted than philanthropy and that the more closely aligned with mission and impact, the more likely people trust those organizations.
We also know that trust, and certainly the world, have changed in 2020. Dan Cardinali, President and CEO of Independent Sector, has long been a champion of trust as the core value in civil society that drives private action for public good. Recently we’ve seen two powerful examples: the extraordinary response of nonprofits to meet the demands the COVID-19 pandemic has created in our communities, and the protests of thousands of people of all races, religions, and orientations fighting injustices against Black people across the world.
In this moment, we have a more common trust in the stories, the data, and reality of structural racism embedded in our country’s founding and in our policies. It is on all of us, collectively, to harness that recognition toward action. We hope that diving into this trust report helps us to do just that.
So what is this trust survey report and session about?
Their findings elevated a few key themes:
- There is broad trust in nonprofits, except among underserved communities. People of color reported higher levels of trust in the nonprofit sector than 10 years ago.
- There is uncertainty about the direction of the sector. Despite overall high levels of trust in the sector, people are unsure about the direction and believe that everyday people are best positioned to make change.
- A personal familiarity drives trust. Seventy-three percent of respondents report that familiarity is a key driver in building trust in a given nonprofit. In contrast with nonprofits, just 36 percent of the public expresses high trust in philanthropy.
- Civic engagement in reciprocal relationship with trust. Survey findings introduce the prospect that there may be reciprocal relationships between activities like voting, trust, and giving.
- The ability to demonstrate impact and emphasize mission and values builds trust in organizations.
We invite you to unpack the findings in the report together with us in this informative session.
Sarah Kastelic and Jim White will join Dan to delve into the information and have a frank conversation about where nonprofits still need to do work to keep trust at the center. In a moderated discussion with the audience, Dan seeks to engage and hear what Oregonians are thinking, what we are doing to create opportunities for courageous conversations in our own communities and how we are listening, understanding and recognizing that differences make us stronger. Join us for this webcast conversation with Dan Cardinali!
Please send questions and comments ahead of the session to [email protected]
*Space is limited to 500 participants. Please note that a recording of this webinar will be made available on NAO's webinar page for later viewing.
About the Presenter and Co-moderators
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Dan Cardinali, President and CEO, Independent Sector Dan Cardinali is president and CEO of Independent Sector, the only national membership organization that brings together a diverse set of nonprofits, foundations, and corporations to advance the common good. Before joining IS (Independent Sector) in 2016, Dan served on the IS Board of Directors and several IS member committees. He also led IS member, Communities In Schools, the nation’s largest and most effective dropout prevention organization, for 12 years after working in other positions at the organization. As a thought leader in the field of public education, Dan was credited with fostering the growing national trend toward community involvement in schools through partnerships with parents, businesses, policymakers, and local nonprofit groups. As the president and CEO of IS, he believes strongly in the power of nonprofits, foundations, and other organizations to work collaboratively to improve life and the environment for individuals and communities around the world. Dan is known for his commitment to performance management to drive evidence-based programs and high impact organizations. Early in this career, Dan worked as a community organizer in Guadalajara, Mexico organizing a squatter community to secure land rights, running water, and public education. He then returned to Washington, DC for a research fellowship at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University. Dan was a 2007 Annie E. Casey Children and Families Fellow, serves on the board of Child Trends and the advisory boards of Harvard Business Schools’ Social Enterprise Initiative, the Conference Board’s Center on Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy, and Project Evident. He is also a trustee of The Fetzer Institute. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a master’s degree in philosophy from Fordham University. |
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Sarah Kastelic, CEO, National Indian Child Welfare Association and Board Member, Independent Sector Dr. Sarah Kastelic (Alutiiq), an enrolled citizen of the Native Village of Ouzinkie, became the executive director of the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) in January 2015. Prior to joining NICWA in 2011, Sarah led the National Congress of American Indians’ (NCAI) welfare reform program and, in 2003, was the founding director of NCAI’s Policy Research Center. She began her career at the Bureau of Indian Affairs central office as a child welfare specialist in 1998. She earned a master’s degree and PhD from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, where she serves as adjunct faculty. Sarah has served as principal investigator of several national federally and privately funded research projects, partnering with reservation-based and urban Indian communities. She has authored numerous publications, including journal articles, book chapters, and curricula. She is a member of the boards of directors of the Independent Sector, Council on Accreditation, Generations United, and Underscore. |
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Jim White, Executive Director, Nonprofit Association of Oregon Jim is deeply committed to social change and has worked in the nonprofit sector both domestically and internationally for more than 20 years. He is passionate about affecting systemic change results in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors working together to support and strengthen civil society. |
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Thank You Funders and Supporters
Thank you to the following FUNDERS and SPONSORS who are supporting NAO’s online COVID-19 events and communications during these challenging times. Their support is vital in helping NAO to bring much-needed resources and information to Oregon’s nonprofits – thank you.
Funders: Meyer Memorial Trust, The Ford Family Foundation, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, Oregon Community Foundation, The Collins Foundation, The Kinsman Foundation, The Carpenter Foundation, and Gordon Elwood Foundation
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Cost
Free
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Location
Online