Public Webinar: How Your Nonprofit Can Influence Policy Through Ballot Measure Campaigns 

On the frontlines of participatory democracy, nonprofits are increasingly using ballot measures as a creative way to move policies and community funding forward. Having a thorough understanding of the laws that govern nonprofit participation in initiatives and referenda is an important strategy to effective advocacy.

Participants will learn:

• How a 501(c)(3) organization can support or oppose ballot measures;
• How ballot measure expenditures apply to a 501(c)(3)’s lobbying limits;
• How a 501(c)(3) organization can work in a coalition with a 501(c)(4) on an initiative;
• How state ballot measure laws may affect nonprofit involvement in ballot measure campaigns; and
• How ballot measure campaigns can be funded.