A Declaration of Nonprofit Rights
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The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York has released its Declaration of Nonprofit Rights. The document will serve to guide the NPCCNY and the nonprofits it serves by articulating the overriding needs of the sector. “The Declaration of Nonprofit Rights was created in response to listening to the challenges our members – and the whole nonprofit sector – face,” said Sharon Stapel, president of the NPCCNY. “The Declaration’s principles outline what nonprofits need to be agents of change in their communities, and throughout the City.”
Here are the four principles, taken verbatim from the declaration:
- We have a right to sustainable resources and a responsibility to serve our communities well.
- We have a right to engage in advocacy and a responsibility to share our expertise.
- We have a right to be fairly treated as a workforce and a responsibility to champion equity.
- We have a right to be powerful forces of change and a responsibility to advance the future of all communities.
Like the U.S. Constitution, the declaration can be amended. Feedback can be provided through this survey.