Our Work

We strive to increase the affordability of our services to the organizations who need us the most, increase service to nonprofits that work with historically marginalized communities, and ensure that the organizations we support are committed to social justice.

Executive Search

We offer a personalized approach to executive search and transition with the resources and capacity of a larger institution. We’re dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion, not only in values, but in practice.

Our Annual Report

In our 2022 annual report, we unveiled our updated mission, vision, values, and goals, along with a new three-year strategic plan.

Research and Publications

We are commited to do the work across the nonprofit sector to build a more equitable society. Read our research and publications aimed towards creating change.

Insights Blog

Learn from voices across TSNE and the nonprofit sector about equity, nonprofit best practices, and more.

Salary Database

View salary data by organization budget, employee population, location, or field of service. Salary information represents reporting on nearly 35,000 individual salaries.

Coming Soon

Training and Events

Our future workshops, trainings, and events.

About Us

We are a capacity building organization that partners with nonprofit organizations to provide the services, programs, and resources they need to support their communities and ultimately, create a more equitable society. 

Careers

Come work with us. Our office is located in the NonProfit Center at 89 South Street in downtown Boston. We value our nonprofit workforce by providing a comprehensive benefits package.

Nonprofit Jobs

As a fiscal sponsor, we are the employer of record for more than 50 organizations across the country. Find opportunities across the country.

Contact

Find our office address, phone number, fax, social media, directions, and parking.

Our Work

Stewards for Our Organizations and Social Justice

At Third Sector New England, Inc. (TSNE), we know that in order to effectively partner with nonprofit organizations, we must also do the work to be good stewards for our organizations. Our approach to our work focuses on making our services, programs, and resources accessible. We strive to increase the affordability of our services to the organizations who need us the most, increase service to organizations led by and serving under-represented, marginalized, and/or historically oppressed people and communities, and ensure that the organizations we support are committed to social justice.

Research and Publications

We are commited to do the work across the nonprofit sector to build a more equitable society. Read our research and publications aimed towards creating change.

Leadership New England

Over the last several years, the literature about the nonprofit sector has been filled with alarming predictions ...

A White Paper on Comprehensive Fiscal Sponsorship

Read our white paper, On Comprehensive Fiscal Sponsorship, for a thorough analysis of the field of fiscal ...

Lessons from the Capacity Building Fund

In 2004, TSNE launched the Capacity Building Fund, a grantmaking program to challenge nonprofits to think ...

Reimagining Fiscal Sponsorship in Service of Equity

What barriers do BIPOC-led grassroots groups encounter in attempting to access equitable holistic, responsive, and ...

Shared Services Guide

Illuminating innovative ways nonprofits can do more with less, Shared Services is the first comprehensive guide ...

Consulting Publications

Research and insight about the nonprofit sector, organizational change and development.

Executive Director’s Guide

The Guide for Successful Nonprofit Management The Executive Directors Guide: The Guide for Successful Nonprofit ...

Leadership New England

Over the last several years, the literature about the nonprofit sector has been filled with alarming predictions ...

Opportunity in Change

Download the Opportunity in Change report Greater Boston nonprofits stand at a historic inflection point given ...

Moving Beyond the Person

Report highlights the ongoing challenges nonprofits face in preparing for executive transitions. In our ...

Creative Disruption

Sabbaticals for nonprofit leaders can be a relatively inexpensive but highly productive capacity-building tool ...

Diversity and Inclusion Initiative: A Step-By-Step Guide

In 2000, TSNE began grantmaking as a social impact investment with a program called the Diversity ...

Pay Equity Publications

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Wage Equity Matters

A Deeper Analysis of Compensation and Benefits Data from Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce Our new analysis of ...

Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce 2017

Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce is a regional survey on nonprofit compensation and benefits from organizations in ...

Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce 2014

Our staff is our greatest asset. As organizations develop fair compensation and benefits, it helps to compare your ...

Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce 2010

A Compensation Survey of Nonprofits in Massachusetts and Adjoining Communities Report Commissioned by TSNE ...