Policy Conversations bring together nonprofit leaders to discuss public policy issues that are important to charitable nonprofits and the people and communities they serve.
During this in-person gathering, the Center will share a briefing on the following: federal grant disruptions in 2025 and early 2026; potential changes to rules about nonpartisan election-related activities by 501(c)(3)s; a discussion about whether nonprofit diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and policies are now "illegal discrimination"; implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for nonprofits and the people they serve; an update on the state budget process; and a preview of major state policy issues affecting nonprofits in 2026. Attendees will have opportunities to ask questions and share their insights about policy and legislative priorities and issues.
Light refreshments & coffee will be served.
Special thanks to our regional event partner, WNC Nonprofit Pathways!
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Center-Hosted Event19 Tech Drive, Asheville, NC 28801
All Others: $35
About the Presenters:
David Heinen has been with the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits since 2007, leading the Center’s public policy and advocacy work and providing non-answers (and occasional useful information) about legal compliance, trends in the nonprofit sector, and advocacy to hundreds of nonprofits. He has served on boards of a variety of local and national nonprofits. David is a graduate of Duke University and the William and Mary School of Law. Before returning to North Carolina to work for the Center, David spent seven years as an attorney with a Washington, D.C. law firm serving the nonprofit community. He lives in Raleigh with his wife and three children, the oldest of whom describes her dad as “weathered.”