Organizations that join SPN have a shared vision of an America where all people can flourish because collaborative, entrepreneurial leaders have secured lasting social change, personal freedom, and economic opportunity at the state and local level.
We are committed to restoring the necessary balance of power between Washington, DC and the states, so that communities can advance and innovate policy solutions that better meet their unique needs. Our mission is to catalyze thriving, durable freedom movements in every state—what has become a Network of Networks—anchored with high-performing independent think tanks.
Top 10 Reasons to Join the Network
- Connections. Network with peers from around the country and create the strategic partnerships that will help you build influence and winning initiatives.
- Solutions. Help identify the solutions to your state’s most pressing problems and share your successes and lessons learned with other leaders.
- Impact. Collaborate with leaders from around the country to increase your effectiveness and see your solutions grow beyond your community and state to have national impact.
- Acceleration. Leverage the power of the Network to go further faster so that you can achieve your goals in a shorter time than you would if you worked alone.
- Learn and Grow. Access the wealth of experience, best practices, training resources, coaching, peer networks, and programs that the Network has to offer so that you and your team can strengthen the skills necessary to build effective nonprofit organizations.
- Intelligence. Forecast trends, find your audience, build your influence, assess threats, and optimize your strategies with national and state intelligence and analysis.
- Capacity. Build your organization’s strategies and capacity to achieve its mission by learning best practices to build leadership skills, communications, public affairs, strategic positioning, and fundraising.
- Funding. Access to targeted grants and RFP programs that help build your organization and strategies. Members can click here to access their grants portal.
- Tools. Avoid reinventing the wheel through access to a variety of highly customized toolkits, research, case studies, templates, and other products developed by and for leaders like you.
- Recognition. Each year, SPN recognizes nonprofits and nonprofit leaders who have made significant contributions to their states and the Network. In addition to financial support, these awards enhance your exposure and credibility with funders and influencers.
Week in Review
Published on Fridays, rounds up the week’s notable and timely success stories and policy news from the states. The series includes a weekly post on SPN.org and an email digest that delivers the key trends and takeaways directly to your inbox.
- Why we produce it: To give Network affiliates, partners, and supporters a regular, scannable resource for tracking who is doing what across the states.
- Audience: Member leaders and staff, Network supporters and influencers.
- When: Produced weekly on Fridays.
- How to submit your organization’s work: Send a brief summary of your news item and related links to updates@spn.org by 12:00 p.m. EST on Thursdays. Submissions received on Fridays will be held until the following week.
Note: Content for the email digest is determined by our observations of news and trends of interest to multiple states. Inclusion is not guaranteed.
Whenever possible, SPN works to share policy work from a range of Network organizations and states.
Donor magazine:SPN News
If you’d like to share your organization’s significant policy achievements or stories of impact with donors, we invite you to submit an update to SPN News, our quarterly print magazine that serves as a key resource to SPN’s donor community.To learn more about SPN News, please contact
Jobs Board
Network affiliates and partners are constantly looking out for high-quality talent to work at their organizations. SPN’s Jobs Board collects professional opportunities from across the states and shares them on a regular basis with members’ staff and our alumni list of Generation Liberty Fellows and former Network interns.
Questions about the SPN Network Jobs Board may be sent to updates@spn.org.
Awards
In conjunction with SPN’s Annual Meeting, SPN hosts award opportunities to celebrate affiliates’ accomplishments and share inspiration and ideas across the Network. Nominations for SPN’s award opportunities typically open in the spring.
Bob Williams Awards for Outstanding Policy Achievement
The Bob Williams Awards for Outstanding Policy Achievements celebrate affiliates doing exceptional work to develop and disseminate credible policy research and ideas that can help states implement free-market solutions that will have national impact.
Communications Excellence Awards
The SPN Communications Excellence Awards recognize and encourage outstanding achievements in affiliates’ marketing, communications, and media efforts across the Network.
