Bolder Advocacy Resource Library

This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities engaging in gender and reproductive justice advocacy.

This week, we learned that the Supreme Court is poised to strip millions of the right to access abortion care. Everyone, including nonprofits, has a right to respond.

Candidates for public office sometimes make statements about abortion and reproductive rights that are incorrect, or with which nonprofits disagree and may wish to set the record straight.

This publication, designed for reproductive rights, health, and justice groups, is a short overview of the laws and regulations that apply to 501(c)(3) public charities when they engage in lobbying and advocacy, including how to shape advocacy during an election time. This resource should be considered an overview of the rules that apply to advocacy.

Advocacy is defined as any action that speaks in favor of, recommends, argues for a cause, supports or defends, or pleads on behalf of others. This fact sheet offers a look at how advocacy is defined, how it is different from lobbying, and offers examples of advocacy projects from several nonprofit groups.