The Power of Board Advocacy: A Discussion Guide for Boards is a tool for facilitating ongoing board dialogue on your organization's legal right to advocate and for helping you cultivate a culture of standing for your mission in all possible ways. (Stand For Your Mission, 2019)
Your organization might be wondering how to get involved in elections. It's important to understand what types of election-related activities you can and can't do, as detailed in this excerpt Common Ground.
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David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
When the N.C. General Assembly prepares to begin its 2019 session on January 30, legislators will almost certainly consider a wide range of policy proposals affecting the nonprofit sector. Here are the Center's predictions for four major state policy issues that will affect North Carolina's nonprofit setor this year.
Personal Visits with Legislator is a short guide that offers some helpful tips to prepare you to meet with your legislator. (Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest)
Tips in 13 Ways To Create Good Luck in the Legislature can help you succeed in any state legislative session. You can use the same principles with local elected officials, too.
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The Redwood Community Action Agency in conjunction with the Humboldt Area Foundation of northern California composed a short checklist of considerations when planning a multi- or bilingual meeting.
Jeanne Canina Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
July 17, 2018
Are we practicing what we preach? Or is our implicit bias negatively affecting our decisions in spite of our good intentions? Ivan Canada and Michael Robinson of the National Conference for Community and Justice of the Piedmont Triad presented the second webinar in the Center's "Walking the Talk" series, Impact > Intention: Understanding Implicit Bias. The discussion included:
David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
On December 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law a tax reform plan (H.R. 1) that cuts individual and corporate income tax rates and makes a variety of other changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Several parts of the tax plan affect the work of nonprofits.
David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits