Bolder Advocacy Resource Library

This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities working to protect democracy and voting rights.

This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities advocating for racial justice and immigrant rights.

This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities advocating for health and disability rights.

This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities advocating for LGBTQ+ and HIV communities.

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

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

This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities engaging in criminal legal reform.

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

How state or local regulations may apply to your existing or proposed Get Out the Vote work.

How state or local regulations may apply to your existing or proposed Get Out the Vote work.

This flowchart is intended to help 501(c)(3)s and other nonprofits determine whether they may have reporting requirements for their work on ballot measures at the state or local level in California. 

This guide offers clear and concise information on the range of legal questions that could arise when nonprofits consider working on a ballot initiative.

Nonprofit organizations active in state or local California ballot measure campaigns must comply both with federal tax law and California ballot measure disclosure laws. Federal tax law permits public charities to engage in a limited amount of ballot measure advocacy. Under California law, organizations engaging in certain activities to support or oppose a ballot measure may need to disclose their expenditures in support of or opposition to the ballot measure, as well as the names of donors whose contributions were used to support the organization’s ballot measure activities. However, the following activities are exempt from California’s disclosure laws and can be done by an organization without fear of triggering any special disclosure reports.