Bolder Advocacy Resource Library

Con más y más recortes en los presupuestos federales y estatales, es imperativo que las organizaciones sin fines de lucro hablen y eleven voces de sus comunidades en debates sobre políticas públicas. Esta hoja informativa ofrece sugerencias de cómo se puede involucrar su organización sin fines de lucro en abogacía relacionada al presupuesto, y explica cuando las organizaciones de beneficencia pública tienen que contar actividades contra sus límites de cabildeo.

How to Use the 501(h) Election to Maximize Effectiveness. This guide describes how lobbying can be conducted legally and effectively via the 501(h) election.

Does your nonprofit use Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr for advocacy? Find out when posts should be counted as lobbying.

The ballot initiative process in California can be an effective tool for nonprofits, including 501(c)(3) public charities, to bring about change in public policy. This fact sheet outlines the legal considerations associated with circulating petitions.

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.

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.

Foundations often give “lobbying-restricted funds,” meaning they place restrictions in grant agreements that prohibit their grantees from using those grant funds for lobbying. Such restrictions are not legally required in a grant to a public charity. But, once included in a grant agreement, the grantee is contractually obligated to adhere to the restriction. This resource sets out common advocacy activities for 501(c)(3) public charities and notes those in which your organization can safely engage using “lobbying-restricted funds.”

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.