This guide covers: Can Charities Lobby? What is Lobbying? What is NOT Lobbying? Lobbying Standards and Financial Limits Making the 501(h) Election Record Keeping Funding Lobbying Efforts Acceptable Activities during elections Lobbying as a 501(c)(4) and other considerations ...
RaiseYourVoiceLobbyingToolkit.pdf
The author presents four steps nonprofits can take now to get smarter about lobbying: accept the importance of lobbying, get the facts, meet with officials, and join a trade association. #advocacy #lobbying
This publication is designed to help public charities comply with federal tax law by tracking their lobbying activities. The guide includes sample forms and describes multiple options for tracking staff time, overhead expenses, and direct costs. #advocacy #lobbying #reporting
501(c)(3) public charities, including grantmaking public charities like community foundations and women’s foundations, can lobby within the generous limits allowed by federal law. How much lobbying the foundation can do depends upon which of the two standards the foundation uses to measure its...
501(c)(3) public charities can lobby within the generous limits allowed by federal law. This fact sheet explains the two tests charities can use to measure their lobbying. #advocacy #lobbying
Most organizations that raise or spend money to initiate or influence a statewide ballot question in Maine form a political action committee (PAC) for that purpose, and file campaign finance reports with the Commission. Some advocacy, charitable, or other organizations do not qualify as PACs...
Federal tax laws already allow every charitable nonprofit to engage in some legislative lobbying activities, providing that, “no substantial part of the activities” may be for “carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation.” The definition of “insubstantial”...