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Civil/Advocacy/Policy

Join this workshop with Bolder Advocacy to get a clear understanding of the kinds of advocacy activities you can safely engage in and best practices for grantmaking to give your grantees the most flexibility under the law for their advocacy efforts.

Audience: All Funders

In the final session of this series, Bolder Advocacy’s capacity assessment tools which provide groups with a snapshot of their organizational assets, as well as help them prioritize areas for improvement are explored.

Audience: All Funders

In the second session of this series, Grantmakers will learn why advocacy and policy work are important to achieve their foundation’s mission and how to make a successful case to stakeholders and trustees.

Audience: All Funders

Join the Council on Foundations and the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals to discuss why and how corporate philanthropy is acting to prevent the funding of hate and extremism.

Audience: Corporate Giving

The first session of this series will provide an overview of activities that constitute advocacy and public policy work; various advocacy roles for foundations; definitions of lobbying; and rules for private and public foundation grants to nonprofits that lobby, including general support, specific projects and multi-year grants.

Audience: All Funders

Join The Funders Network for part one of this two-part series to learn from funders and community-based leaders about practical steps for advancing specific strategies that support equitable implementation of federal spending.

Audience: All Funders
This publication provides information on 11 benefits and conversation-starters about philanthropic advocacy and lobbying. Specifically, it answers your questions about legal rules and provides concrete examples, templates, resources, and tips.
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Public Policy
Donating money to modify public thinking and government policy has now taken its place next to service-centered giving as a constructive branch of philanthropy. Many donors now view public-policy reform as a necessary adjunct to their efforts to improve lives directly. This book was written to help donors navigate the obstacles of public-policy philanthropy.
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking

This advocacy and civic engagement toolkit is designed for private foundations that want to educate and encourage their grantees about getting involved in civic and policy activities to increase organizational capacity and impact. While its primary focus is on the grantmaking activity of foundations, the toolkit also addresses rules and guidance for policy involvement by foundation officials acting on behalf of their foundations.

Topic: Public Policy

This advocacy and civic engagement toolkit is designed for community and public foundations that want to educate and encourage their grantees about getting involved in civic and policy activities to increase organizational capacity and impact. While its primary focus is on the grantmaking activity of these foundations, the toolkit also addresses rules and guidance for policy involvement by foundation officials acting on behalf of their foundations.

Topic: Public Policy