Focus on Foundations
When a foundation invests in advocacy, either by supporting nonprofits or engaging in advocacy itself, the value of its overall giving is multiplied exponentially. It’s important to know that foundation support for nonprofits that engage in advocacy, including lobbying and election-related activities, isn’t just legal—it’s important, powerful, and fundamental to democracy.
Whether your foundation has yet to embark on an advocacy journey or has a culture that already embraces advocacy, Bolder Advocacy can help. Bolder Advocacy gives foundations and their grantees the tools and the confidence to advocate effectively. Foundations and nonprofits turn to us when navigating complex rules governing advocacy, and we work every day to protect and expand the rights of nonprofits and foundations to advocate. Bolder Advocacy can equip your foundation’s staff and trustees with the information and strategies they need to better leverage critical dollars, expertise, and people.
Tools, Training, and Technical Assistance
Featured Resources
Philanthropy Advocacy Playbook: Leveraging Your Dollars
The Project Grant Rule Hub
16 Grantmaking Characteristics to Effectively Support Public Policy Advocacy
Think Your Foundation Can’t Engage in Election Season Advocacy? Think Again.
Advocacy by Public Foundations
Advocacy by Private Foundations
Best Practices for Foundations Supporting Multi-Entity Work
Voter Engagement Messaging & Activities for Private Foundations
Resources from Our Philanthropic Partners and Friends
LearnPhilanthropy
New to grantmaking? Discovering a new role? Growing your skill-set? LearnPhilanthropy can help! LearnPhilanthropy exists to accelerate learning among newcomers to philanthropy and evolve how learning happens in the field. As a marketplace of knowledge and tools, it helps people overcome learning curves and discover concepts that are essential to effective philanthropy.
Visit LearnPhilanthropy.org and Learn Foundation Law for more information!
Stand for Your Mission
The Stand for Your Mission campaign is a challenge to all nonprofit decision-makers to stand up for the organizations they believe in by actively representing their organization’s mission and values, and creating public will for positive social change. It provides a framework in which board members and trustees of nonprofits and foundations can have constructive discussions about the importance—and ability—of their groups to advocate for long lasting change. Complete with guides on how to begin a conversation about advocacy and why groups should get involved, the website is a clearinghouse for useful information.