Bolder Advocacy Resource Library

Nonprofits care about and frequently weigh in on issues affecting education, including resources needed to support student learning in and out of the classroom, as well as students’ health, safety, and well-being.

Are you required to register as a lobbyist and report your lobbying activities? The City of Laredo Code of Ordinances requires individuals and organizations who lobby in Laredo to register with the city and file activity reports if they meet certain requirements

Are you required to register as a lobbyist and report your lobbying activities? The City of Austin Ethics Review Commission requires individuals and organizations who lobby in Austin to register with the city and file activity reports if they meet certain requirements.

Are you required to register as a lobbyist & report your lobbying activities? If you or your nonprofit organization works to impact public policy in the City of Dallas, you may be required to register as a lobbyist and report your lobbying activities. The general rule is that a person (including an individual or organization) is engaged in a lobbying activity if the person communicates, directly or indirectly, to a city official in an effort to influence that official’s position on a municipal question.

If you or your nonprofit organization works to impact public policy in the city of El Paso, you may be required to register as a lobbyist and report your lobbying activities to the City.

Is your organization active in California legislative or administrative policy change? California has a sunshine law designed to reveal who has influence on California politics, and that sunshine law may apply to your organization. An organization is required to register and report its California lobbying activities if it exceeds specific monetary thresholds, or if an employee(s) of an organization spends enough time communicating with certain state officials. Just because an organization engages in lobbying at the state level in California does not necessarily mean it will have reporting obligations under state law. This factsheet will help you understand if your organization should report as a $5,000 Filer, a Lobbyist Employer, or neither.

Do you or your nonprofit organization advocate in the City of Los Angeles? If so, you may be required to register as a lobbyist and report your activities to the City if your activities qualify as lobbying under the Los Angeles Municipal Lobbying Ordinance (LAMLO).

The San Antonio Ethics Review Board requires individuals and organizations who lobby in San Antonio to register with the city and file activity reports if they meet certain requirements.

If you or your nonprofit works to impact public policy in the City of Corpus Christi, you may be required to register as a lobbyist. The general rule is that a person (including corporations or associations) is engaged in lobbying if he or she communicates with a city official directly or indirectly, in writing or orally (including electronic communications), in an effort to persuade that official to favor or oppose, recommend or not recommend, vote for or against, or take or refrain from taking action on a municipal question.

If you or your nonprofit organization works to impact public policy in Houston, Texas you may be required to register as a lobbyist and report your lobbying activities.

At the federal level, the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) imposes registration and reporting obligations on individuals and entities that lobby various federal officials once certain thresholds have been exceeded. This fact sheet provides an overview of the LDA registration thresholds applicable to charities, foundations, 501(c)(4), union and for-profit organizations. The thresholds under the LDA do not limit your organization’s lobbying, but rather impose certain disclosure and reporting obligations. This fact sheet will be useful for nonprofits that influence federal legislation, regulations, nominations, contracts, permits, and other governmental decisions.