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Learn about the local elections happening from coast to coast this year and how your nonprofit can lend its community outreach skills to the task of voter engagement.
Advocacy & Civic Engagement
Resources related to political advocacy and lobbying activities.
- Dive into the state budget proposals currently on the table, explore how federal decisions shape our state funding and everyday lives, and get tools to activate your networks.
- The Center is hosting a free webinar on Friday, May 9 from 10:00-11:30 a.m. to provide an update on the (many) federal policy developments in the past few months affecting charitable nonprofits.
- The Center is hosting a free webinar on Friday, May 16 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. to provide an update on recent state policy developments in the past few months affecting charitable nonprofits.
- Since its launch, Grants.gov has served as the reliable, comprehensive, nonpartisan one-stop clearinghouse for finding, accessing, and applying for Federal grants. There will surely be implications now that control of it is in the hands of the White House DOGE.
- Get a holistic overview of how your nonprofit can simultaneously engage voters AND continue your advocacy efforts in a 100% nonpartisan way.
David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
The nonparitsanship provision in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that charitable nonprofits can’t endorse or oppose candidates for office, can’t coordinate their activities with candidates, political parties, or PACs, and must refrain from making political campaign contributions.
President Trump Issues Executive Order Seeking Changes to Federal Election Processes (and Inaccurately Describing Law on Lobbying by Nonprofits with Federal Funds)
- Policy Conversations bring together nonprofit leaders and local elected officials (mostly state legislators) to discuss public policy issues that are important to charitable nonprofits and the people and communities they serve.
- Policy Conversations bring together nonprofit leaders and local elected officials (mostly state legislators) to discuss public policy issues that are important to charitable nonprofits and the people and communities they serve.