Safeguarding research for the U.S. nonprofit sector
Free, open-access frameworks and tools that help nonprofits protect the people they serve.
The United States has roughly 1.9 million nonprofit organizations and no general safeguarding baseline that reaches them. I research that gap — and publish practical, open-access tools to help close it.
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The Research
A thirteen-element crosswalk of international safeguarding standards against U.S. law, and a comparative study of why implementation fails.
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The Toolkit
Four free tools under CC BY 4.0: a board-ready policy template, a 30-indicator readiness self-assessment you can score in your browser, an adopter feedback form, and training outlines.
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The Project
The U.S. Nonprofit Safeguarding Crosswalk Project: the method, the roadmap, and how adopting organizations shape the next round of research.
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Updates
- Aug 2026 The Implementation Toolkit v1.0 is on Zenodo — policy template, 30-indicator self-assessment, adopter feedback form, and training outlines (open access, CC BY 4.0). The self-assessment can now be completed in the browser.
- Aug 2026 Module 1, “Safeguarding Without a Baseline,” is published on Zenodo (open access, CC BY 4.0).
- [Month 2026] “The Underfunded Mandate” is under peer review.
- Feb 2026 Appointed volunteer Area Coordinator for Washington State, Amnesty International USA.