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Are you required to register as a lobbyist & report your lobbying activities? If you or your nonprofit organization works to impact public policy in the City of Dallas, you may be required to register as a lobbyist and report your lobbying activities. The general rule is that a person (including an individual or organization) is engaged in a lobbying activity if the person communicates, directly or indirectly, to a city official in an effort to influence that official’s position on a municipal question.

Manual de cabildeo para organizaciones sin fines de lucro: Como utilizar la categoría 501(h) para aprovechar al máximo su eficacia.

This graphic can help you determine if your communication is considered lobbying under federal tax law rules for electing 501(c)(3) organizations. It does not cover situations or communications that take place in a candidate election context.

If you or your nonprofit organization works to impact public policy in the city of El Paso, you may be required to register as a lobbyist and report your lobbying activities to the City.

Con más y más recortes en los presupuestos federales y estatales, es imperativo que las organizaciones sin fines de lucro hablen y eleven voces de sus comunidades en debates sobre políticas públicas. Esta hoja informativa ofrece sugerencias de cómo se puede involucrar su organización sin fines de lucro en abogacía relacionada al presupuesto, y explica cuando las organizaciones de beneficencia pública tienen que contar actividades contra sus límites de cabildeo.