Read case studies and get expert advice on how to build ties with lawmakers and advocate effectively for your cause without risking your tax-exempt status.
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Coaching Board Members for Advocacy Pays Big Dividends
Trustees’ connections and community clout can be invaluable for the nonprofits they serve, but these assets are often underused. Experts share their secrets on how to motivate board members to make your case to legislators and policy makers. -
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How to Keep Your Charity Neutral in a Partisan World
Nonprofit leaders offer smart tips for remaining apolitical to build bipartisan support among lawmakers and donors. The advice can also benefit groups that take a neutral stance but are plunged unexpectedly into a political controversy, as happened to the Boy Scouts this week after President Trump made a speech at its jamboree that included partisan political comments. -
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Dumbledore’s Army Comes to Life in Harry Potter-Inspired Nonprofit
How one nonprofit channels fans’ passion for pop culture into social activism. -
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Mobile Advocacy Campaigns: How One Nonprofit Texts to Connect With Donors
Food & Water Watch uses text messages to inspire supporters to call their legislators. -
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How to Get More Volunteers Involved in Your Next Advocacy Campaign
Mobilisation Lab, a nonprofit spinoff of Greenpeace that helps organizations encourage supporters to take action on behalf of a cause, poses questions that can help charities share control. -
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5 Steps to Stronger Advocacy Campaigns
Allow interested employees at all levels and in all departments of the organization to participate, and keep fundraisers involved at all stages. -
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A Group Born at Greenpeace Spreads Ideas About Grass-Roots Advocacy
Mobilisation Lab works with charities around the world to put control over campaigns in the hands of more supporters. -
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Good Storytelling: an Overview of the Basics for Fundraising and Advocacy
A collection of articles to help you define your storytelling strategy, gather great stories, hone them to be effective, and drive your audience to take action. -
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How Nonprofits Can Advocate Effectively — and Stay Within the Law
Advice to help you educate legislators about your causes without running afoul of regulations on lobbying and politicking. -
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How Arts and Culture Groups Can Gain Lawmakers’ Support
Use data and powerful stories to help members of Congress see the value of your nonprofit. -
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11 Ways for Nonprofits to Build Ties With Lawmakers
Experts see this as one of the most basic kinds of advocacy. Here’s how to get started. -
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For Calif. Nonprofits, Advocacy Work on $15 Minimum Wage Pays Off
The wage hike will have profound effects on charities’ bottom lines, but phasing it in over several years buys groups time to adjust budgets and communicate with donors.