About New Sector Alliance

A leader in a white jacket and green trucker cap engages with another person while addressing global challenges through the New Sector Alliance network.

Addressing the Greatest Challenges of our time

The world is grappling with an ever-increasing array of complex challenges, including climate change, health crises, economic inequality, technological disruption, political polarization, resource scarcity, food security, refugee crises, social justice, and human rights. These challenges are deeply intertwined, complicating their resolution and demanding innovative solutions. 

New Sector Alliance is a network of leaders dedicated to these causes. We provide transformational leadership development programs and a lifelong community of support. Through our programming and network, New Sector program participants, alumni, and partners acquire the necessary skills, mindsets, and connections to drive long-term, systemic change and build a better future for all. 

mission

Our mission is to build a better future by empowering mission-driven organizations, cultivating transformative leaders, and fostering a sustainable ecosystem of support for long-term impact.

vision

Our vision is to create a new sector where nonprofit, academic, business, government, and philanthropic leaders enthusiastically collaborate to cultivate the skills, mindsets, and connections essential for solving our world’s greatest challenges.

Approach

Drawing on empirical academic research and expertise in business, economics, education, organizational behavior, product design, public policy, and psychology, we accomplish our mission and vision by pursuing the following strategy:

  1. Leadership Development (primary constituent = program participants): Providing unmatched transformative professional learning experiences.

  2. Community Building and Sector Development (primary constituents = alumni, strategic partners, and society as a whole): Cultivating a network of New Sector alumni and cross-sector partners focused on solving our world’s greatest challenges.

  3. Stewardship and Sustainability (primary constituents = donors and investors): Ensuring long-term sustainability through strategic partnerships and excellent stewardship of funds.

AT NEW SECTOR ALLIANCE, WE BELIEVE IN:

Sustainable
Impact

We are committed to creating measurable and meaningful results that endure over time.

Pragmatic
Optimism

We approach our work with a practical mindset, balanced with optimism about what can be achieved.

Continuous
Innovation

 By fostering creativity and curiosity, we continuously learn, iterate, and adapt to stay at the forefront of change.

Playful
Professionalism

We embrace diverse personalities and values, combining fun with professionalism to change the world and enrich both careers and lives.

Courageous
Authenticity

We practice transparent, vulnerable, and courageous leadership, encouraging a community of mutual learning and growth.

Open
Communication

We believe in the power of direct and open communication, treating feedback as a valuable gift.

Inclusive
Respect

Every individual's contribution is valued, fostering an environment of respect and generosity.

Accountable
Stewardship

We are dedicated to responsibly managing and sharing resources, ensuring accountability in all our actions.

New Sector Story + History

Two nonprofit leaders share a moment outdoors while reflecting on New Sector Alliance's 20+ year history of empowering mission-driven organizations.

To spearhead these programs, New Sector has bridged the divide between sectors by leveraging talent and other resources from prominent corporations, such as Accenture, Bain, The Boston Consulting Group, Google, IDEO, and McKinsey, alongside leading academic institutions like Harvard and Stanford. Our goal in engaging cross-sector partners is to collaboratively achieve impact goals that extend well beyond profit and the bottom line.

The New Sector Alliance philosophy is straightforward: mission-driven organizations engage in work that is complex, demanding, and requires highly skilled individuals who deserve robust support on their journey toward leadership and impact. Like the cathedral builders of centuries past, mission-driven leaders dedicate their lives to causes that often span many more lifetimes to achieve.

Addressing intractable systemic challenges such as climate change, economic inequality, and crises in education and health requires sustaining the mission-driven workforce with the necessary skills, mindsets, and connections to persevere as long-term leaders for transformative change. By nurturing and expanding a network of dedicated, resilient, and skilled mission-driven professionals nationwide, New Sector is committed to building a brighter future for everyone.

New Sector Alliance is a lean, adaptive 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has been empowering talented, mission-driven, emerging, and established leaders and organizations since 2001.

Our history includes:

  • Pioneering a volunteer Case Team model to deploy teams of students to complete capacity-building projects for nonprofits, addressing real-world problems

  • Scaling our year-long Residency in Social Enterprise (RISE) and Summer Fellowship programs, in partnership with AmeriCorps and the Institute for Nonprofit Practice and

  • Creating our Designing Your Success program to help mission-driven organizations foster a growth mindset and enhance career resilience within their teams and communities.