Worry-Free Lobbying For Nonprofits How to Use the 501(h) Elecction to Maximize Effectiveness (PDF)
Alliance for Justice
A handbook for funders and grantees bout using the 501(h).
http://www.afj.org/assets/resources/resources2/Worry-Free-Lobbying-for-Nonprofits.pdf
Advocacy Advisories
Alliance for Justice
This is a collection of periodic summaries for grantmakers on the advocacy rules on a wide array of topics.
http://www.afj.org/for-nonprofits-foundations/about-advocacy/foundation-advocacy.html
Funding Nonprofit Advocacy: The Increasing Role of Foundations
NFG Reports
From the Fally 2002 issue of the newsletter of the neighborhood funders group, written by Nan Aron.
http://www.nfg.org/reports/93increasingrole.htm
Lobbying & Public Policy: What Every Grantmaker Should Know
Minnesota Council on Foundations
The Dec/Jan 2005 edition of MCF Notes, answering the most frequently asked questions about lobbying.
http://www.mcf.org/mcf/forum/pdf/2007winter.pdf
Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
Foundation Advocacy Resources
Alliance for Justice
A collection of resources for grantmakers on their legal rights to support nonprofit advocacy work.
www.allianceforjustice.org/foundation
Grant Agreements & Advocacy
Alliance for Justice
Guidance for foundations on the correct language to use in grant agreement letters grading lobbying or other advocacy activities, including a sample grant agreement letter.
www.allianceforjustice.org/foundation/technical_resources/grant_agreements.html
What the Law Allows
Council on Foundations
This article gives an overview of the laws that govern what private foundations can and can’t do regarding involvement in the public policy process.
www.foundationnews.org/CME/article.cfm?ID=2454
Legal Parameters for Public Policy Grantmaking
Northern California Grantmakers
Links to legal resources on public policy grantmaking, from NCG’s Public Policy Grantmaking Toolkit.
www.ncg.org/toolkit/html/gettingstarted/legalparam/index.html
Funding Advocacy: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds (PDF)
GrantCraft
This guide describes various opportunities for grantmakers to improve public policy through work that is well within the limits of the law.
www.grantcraft.org/catalog/guides/advocacy
Funding Nonprofit Advocacy: The Increasing Role of Foundations
Neighborhood Funders Group
This article covers the basics of how and why foundations can and should support nonprofit advocacy.
www.nfg.org/reports/93increasingrole.htm
Funding and Engaging in Advocacy: Opportunities for Small Foundations
Association of Small Foundations
This primer explains the wide "comfort zone" the law offers a private foundation for funding and engaging in advocacy activities, and how advocacy can leverage a foundation’s resources for maximum impact. Available for purchase.
www.smallfoundations.org/programs/primer_series
Megan Wentworth
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