One Year Anniversary of The Council on Interdisciplinary Advancement - The Interdisciplinary Round Table
The Council on Interdisciplinary Advancement celebrates its first anniversary today. The organization was home-grown; no sponsors, no political contacts, no outside funding. Just a team of friends with many years of corporate experience who wanted to create something that would have helped them earlier in their careers.
In our first year, alone, with no help, we:
Applied for and achieved 501(c)(3)-exemption and 509(a)(2) charitable status from the IRS
Achieved state sales tax exemption in 4 states
Researched, applied for, legally argued (without an attorney) and won USPTO protection for our organization name and logo.
Created a mentorship program to help young professionals with introductions to recruiters and executives in their own companies, new companies, and even new industries to help them transition into the next step of their career.
Created the organization newsletter, "The Interdisciplinary Round Table," providing employment insights for over 20 industries and sectors, gaining over 2,000 subscribers.
Organized and filed our state and Federal Form 990 tax returns, and were approved, all without accountants (this was tough, but we did it)!
Just this weekend, we are also launching a workshop that works with professionals who are neurodivergent, have anxiety, insecurities, and other attributes that make it difficult to advance in companies that traditionally value socializing, popularity, and facetime more than intellect, dedication, and talent. We work with members to share experiences, advice, and create plans, including introductions to managers and recruiters, to help these professionals succeed and find an environment that will allow them to succeed. All of the founding members of this organization have had too many uncomfortable experiences when starting out, and we know how it felt (and still feels). We will be publishing a thought-piece about some of these experiences in the coming week.
We are proud of what we've accomplished. We don't have the resources other large non-profits have, but according to the NIH, only 10.5% of companies are fully tax and regulation-compliant and transparent, and we're very proud to be in that bracket. Our priority was legitimacy and compliance in order to be a solid pillar with no doubts for our members and the society we serve and hope to continue to serve.
Please visit our website and support us. Even if not through becoming a member or donations, following our page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-council-on-interdisciplinary-advancement), subscribing to our newsletter (https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/interdisciplinary-round-table-7384996158819049473), or just sending us a connection request to be in our network goes a long way.
A special thank you to the executive board of directors, many of them here since the start, who have done incredible work to keep this alive, and our advisors to the executive board, who have supported us with advice, feedback, ideas, and faith in us and the mission.
Here's to one year and to many, many more 🎉 🎉 🎉 🙏 🙏 🙏
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