Bolder Advocacy Resource Library

Equipping your foundation’s staff and trustees with the information and strategies needed to better leverage critical dollars, expertise, and people.

Providing essential tips and guidance for navigating foundation funding in the world of social justice filmmaking, maximizing the impact of your films.

Whether you are the foundation or the grantee, this resource serves as your instruction manual on how to use the budget template that is right for you.

Private Foundations' Secret Weapon for Funding Public Charity Advocacy

Private Foundations can use these budget templates to provide simple guidelines for prospective grantees that are 501(c)(3) public charities seeking funding for project proposals that include lobbying expenses.

A co-branded guide with Philanthropy Advocates explaining how foundations can interact with voters, candidates, and their grantees in an election year.

In collaboration with Philanthropy Advocates, this guide highlights the way advocacy grantmaking can be a great way for foundations to leverage their dollars and advance their missions.

Created in partnership with Dr. Sara Watson, this resource outlines the sixteen characteristics of grantmaking that best supports effective policy education and advocacy. 

Bolder Advocacy partnered with New Left Accelerator to create this resource outlining 12 best practices for foundations seeking to help multi-entity organizations unlock their full potential. 

Bolder Advocacy Guest Contributor Dr. Sara Watson distinguishes between advocacy (non-lobbying) and lobbying activities.

Our recently revised Grantee FAQ guide aims to provide clarity for the nonprofits we serve and their grantees. The purpose of this guide is for grantee and funding community participants to walk away with a shared understanding of how they can advocate legally, effectively, and boldly.  

This guide helps nonprofit leaders maximize their advocacy by granting unused lobbying capacity from a (c)(3) to a (c)(4).

What Nonprofits and Foundations Need to Know to get funding and make more change possible.

Advocacy grantmaking is a great way in which foundations can leverage their dollars and advance their missions.