Foreword by John W. GardnerPrefaceAcknowledgementsThe Author Introduction: The Significance of Voluntary Action in America Part One: The Beginnings of INDEPENDENT SECTOR 1. Serious Challenges to Nonprofit Organizations in the 1960s and1970s 2. Searching for a Course 3. The Organizing Effort 4. The Birth of INDEPENDENT SECTOR and the Defining FirstYear Part Two: The Power of Association 5. The Strength of Coalition: A Quintessential Example 6. Battles and Cooperation with Government 7. Telling the Sector's Story 8. Fostering Research on the Sector 9. Promoting Effectiveness, Openness,and Accountability 10. Making the Most of the Meeting Ground Part Three: Lessons and Afterthoughts 11. Building, Energizing, and Maintaining Large and DiverseCoalitions 12. Hopes Not Realized and Other Regrets 13. A Personal View of the Future AppAndixes:A. Roster of Charter MembersB. The Start-Up FundersC.1995 Membership RosterD. Board Mambers 1980-1995E. Staff Mambers1980-1996

INDEPENDENT SECTOR is a national coalition of organizations that share a commitment to preserving and expanding voluntary action, philanthropy, and other aspects of private initiative for the public good. The alliance includes organizations representing the full range of the nation?s voluntary and philanthropic endeavor, including over eight hundred associations, institutions, foundations, and corporate giving programs. Powered by Coalition is founding president Brian O?Connell?s account of how and why such diverse groups were brought together in 1980, what it has taken to keep them together, and what they have been able to achieve through collaboration. Both a celebration of the independent sector in America and an examination of the very real threats to its future vitality, Powered by Coalition describes: ? The role political and economic forces play in shaping the sector ? Future policy challenges that will affect the sector ? Compelling reasons to sustain the sector for future generations ? Lessons about building, energizing, and maintaining large, diverse groups Everyone interested in strengthening America?s civil society will find a wealth of insights on the role and dynamics of the nonprofit sector, methods of building powerful coalitions, ways to influence policy makers in government, the challenges of leadership in the voluntary sector, and more.

Foreword by John W. GardnerPrefaceAcknowledgementsThe Author Introduction: The Significance of Voluntary Action in America Part One: The Beginnings of INDEPENDENT SECTOR 1. Serious Challenges to Nonprofit Organizations in the 1960s and 1970s 2. Searching for a Course 3. The Organizing Effort 4. The Birth of INDEPENDENT SECTOR and the Defining First Year Part Two: The Power of Association 5. The Strength of Coalition: A Quintessential Example 6. Battles and Cooperation with Government 7. Telling the Sector's Story 8. Fostering Research on the Sector 9. Promoting Effectiveness, Openness,and Accountability 10. Making the Most of the Meeting Ground Part Three: Lessons and Afterthoughts 11. Building, Energizing, and Maintaining Large and Diverse Coalitions 12. Hopes Not Realized and Other Regrets 13. A Personal View of the Future AppAndixes:A. Roster of Charter MembersB. The Start-Up FundersC. 1995 Membership RosterD. Board Mambers 1980-1995E. Staff Mambers 1980-1996