Bolder Advocacy Resource Library

501(c)(3) public charities — including houses of worship and public foundations — can boldly weigh in on legislation.

Public charities in Texas can and should engage in lobbying to influence public policy and protect the interests of their communities.

Advocacy grantmaking is a great way in which foundations can leverage their dollars and advance their missions.

Provides tips for private foundations to safely and legally participate in the redistricting process and fund grantees that engage in this work.

Redistricting begins in 2021, once the 2020 Census results are delivered to the states.1 Redistricting is how the U.S. divides up communities for the purposes of establishing government representation.

Nonprofits care about and frequently weigh in on issues affecting education, including resources needed to support student learning in and out of the classroom, as well as students’ health, safety, and well-being.

Nonprofits have a wide variety of advocacy tools at their disposal to create change in their communities, including both administrative advocacy and lobbying.

We take questions from nonprofits every day on what they can say or do, including the Georgia runoff elections. When you boil it all down, the most common question we get from 501(c)(3)s is, “Can We Say That?”

Most 501(c)(3) organizations are familiar with the restrictions that prohibit 501(c)(3)s from supporting or opposing any candidate for public office. Once an election is over, however, many organizations are often unsure about which rules apply. Can they congratulate a winning candidate? Ask the winner to take action on their organization’s central issues? The answers are “Yes” and “Yes – within limits.”