Public Policy Articles & Analysis

On February 14, 2022, a broad coalition of national nonprofits sent a letter to President Biden and congressional leaders calling for “urgently needed pandemic and workforce shortage relief that will enable charitable organizations to fulfill their roles in our nation’s relief, recovery, and rebuilding.” The letter identifies nonprofit-specific policy solutions that would address three major challenges facing nonprofits:

As state legislators work to develop a state budget for FY2021-22, the Center will provide analysis of the ways that budget proposals would impact the work of nonprofits. To help your nonprofit digest the more than 1,400 pages of budget documents, the Center has developed a synopsis of nonprofit provisions and appropriations in the budget.

The Center is developing plans to advocate for legislators to include a nonprofit relief fund in the next state COVID-19 response package. Your input is essential in coming up with a plan to provide meaningful relief for nonprofits. Specifically, it would be helpful to know what type of economic hardships your nonprofit has experienced due to COVID-19, so a grant program can have appropriate eligibility criteria. Examples of possible criteria could include: