For Nonprofits & Foundations

For Nonprofits

GOOD NEWS FROM THE IRS

Ruling Impacts Community Foundations, Women’s Funds, and Other Public Foundations

A new ruling from the Internal Revenue Service indicates that they will allow public foundations or other public charities that have made the 501(h) election to rely on the rules that already govern grantmaking by private foundations. This is good news for community foundations and all other public charities (what most people think of as “nonprofits”) that make grants.

» Read more

COMING SOON

The Essentials of Representing Nonprofits and Foundations

Sign up for AFJ’s ten-week online seminar for attorneys, accountants and other professionals who represent tax-exempt organizations engaged in lobbying and election-related advocacy. The one-hour workshops will be held every Thursday from 2:00-3:00pm (E/T), starting on February 25, 2010. Topics to be covered include: lobbying, ballot measures, Form 990, Lobbying Disclosure Act, election-related activities, funding advocacy, and much more!

» Click here to see the full agenda

 

For Foundations

NEW RESOURCE

The Time is Right for Leadership in Advocacy Funding

On Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Alliance for Justice and the Council on Foundations co-sponsored a session at COF’s 2009 conference, The Time Is Right for Leadership in Advocacy Funding. The discussion featured a panel of leading experts from the foundation community who have appeared in a collection of interviews co-published by Alliance for Justice and the Council on Foundations, Words to Give By: Leading Voices in Advocacy Funding.

» Watch video
» Read Words to Give By

FOUNDATION ADVOCACY E-BULLETIN

June 2009

This issue of Foundation Advocacy Bulletin features an interview with Greater New Orleans Foundation's Albert Ruesga, AFJ's analysis of current issues affecting the sector, upcoming training opportunities and more!

» Read June 2009 bulletin
» Sign up to receive bulletin


This Month's Workshops & Events

(Workshop times are listed in the Eastern time zone, unless otherwise noted.)  
 
 


March 2010

Tuesday, March 2, 2010
      Worry-Free Advocacy for Nonprofits - Columbia, Missouri 7:30 AM

Wednesday, March 3, 2010
      Worry-Free Advocacy for Nonprofits - St. Louis, Missouri 7:30 AM

Thursday, March 4, 2010
      This event requires a ticket Web ALAN: Lobbying Advanced 2:00 PM

Friday, March 5, 2010
      Worry Free Advocacy for Nonprofits - Santa Barbara, CA 6:00 AM
      IRS Rules on Nonprofit Lobbying 6:30 AM

Monday, March 8, 2010
      Advocacy Rules for Immigration Reform 2:00 PM

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
      Advocacy Rules for Immigration Reform 2:00 PM

Thursday, March 11, 2010
      This event requires a ticket Web ALAN: Foundation Funding of Advocacy 2:00 PM

Thursday, March 18, 2010
      This event requires a ticket Web ALAN: Federal Tax Law Restrictions on Election-Related Activity by Exempt Organizations 2:00 PM

Friday, March 19, 2010
      Foundation Support for Advocacy 8:00 AM

Monday, March 22, 2010  -  Wednesday, March 24, 2010
      Partners in Philanthropy: Katrina@5

Monday, March 22, 2010
      Working Together: The Relationship Between Local & National Foundations 2:45 AM

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
      Foundation Funding of Advocacy 11:00 AM
      This event requires a ticket Strategies for Coalitions and Affiliated Organizations Web Workshop 2:00 PM

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
      Building Capacity for Advocacy Through Nonprofit-Foundation Partnerships 10:15 PM

Thursday, March 25, 2010
      This event requires a ticket Web ALAN: Federal Election Law Restrictions on Election-Related Activity by Corporations 2:00 PM

Tuesday, March 30, 2010
      This event requires a ticket Lobbying Rules for Nonprofits Web Workshop 2:00 PM