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Nonprofits can and should play an active role during elections, particularly by educating and activating voters. However, with important local, state and federal elections coming up this fall, nonprofits should take the time to remind their staff about appropriate activity during a political campaign or at any other time. This overview developed by Donors Forum provides important tips and examples of activities that are permissible for nonprofits during an election cycle.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors has released The Philanthropy Framework, a tool for analysis and planning to guide emerging and established philanthropies to better align resources for maximum impact. Created with input from leaders from more than 50 foundations worldwide, the tool seeks to address fundamental changes in philanthropy and the world such as generational shifts in attitudes, massive wealth creation, diversity of capital, new models for impact, and new operating environments among others.

It lays out three core elements for philanthropists to consider when determining how to maximize their impact:

• Charter, the organization’s scope, form of governance, and decision-making protocol
• Social Compact, its implicit or explicit agreement with society about the value it will create
• Operating Model, the approach to the resources, structures and systems needed to implement strategy.

CEP surveyed a nationally representative sample of nonprofit leaders to understand how nonprofits are experiencing the rapid shifts in policy from the new presidential administration and the current political climate.