Rules of the Game: The Bolder Advocacy Podcast

We spend a lot of time on the pod talking about what public charities can do around election season, but let's spend some time talking to the funders out there. If you’re making grants to public char…

Election season provides a great opportunity for nonprofits and foundations to elevate their issues with voters and candidates. On this episode we’re going to look at ways a variety of tax-exempt ent…

On this episode, we revisit a very specific type of lobbying that doesn’t necessarily seem like lobbying in the first place. Ballot measures can range from local bonds to state constitutional amendme…

Our team at AFJ is devastated but determined following the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. The decision permits states to regulate our bodies and the most intimate of health care deci…

It seems like every time we turn on the news, there are reports of a mass shooting somewhere in America. Sadly, names of US cities or communities have become associated with horrific tragedies: Uvald…

The endgame of presidential elections used to be pretty straightforward. Congress plays a more-ceremonial-than-substantive role counting each state’s certified electoral college delegates. The candid…

On this episode, our third in our 2022 Election series, we thought we’d look at how nonprofits can further democracy through candidate debates. Since the pandemic, we’ve seen organizations get seriou…

On this special edition of the podcast, we respond to the release of the draft decision that suggests the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, removing the federal constitutional protecti…

On this episode we’ll continue our election series and answer the question: “Now that you’ve registered your community members to vote, how can you convince them to turn out at the polls?” Today, we…

On this episode, we’ll start taking a closer look at one activity that your organization may be interested in engaging in during this midterm election season: voter registration! Since voter registra…

As the world absorbs the news out of Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, Myanmar, & the world over, we wanted to devote this episode to the actions nonprofits can take to support international relief effort…

On this episode, we’ll tackle a question we receive regularly: What can we do to raise funds for our 501(c)(4)? 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations are tax exempt, but they do not receive tax ded…

On this episode, we once again turn to your questions on nonprofit advocacy with another edition of Ask Us Anything. We’ll cover topics like litigation, lobbying grants, state PACs connected to (c)(3…

On this episode, we’re taking a deep dive into election season advocacy rules. While you already know from previous episodes that 501(c)(3) public charities are not allowed to support or oppose candi…

On this special episode... we revisit how nonprofits can make their voice heard when there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court or any appointed judicial seat.  

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On this episode we’ll share some tips for 501(c)(4) organizations, those nonprofits the IRS calls Advocacy or Social Welfare Organizations. Whether your public charity has an affiliated 501(c)(4) or …

On this episode of the pod, we’re going to walk you through the types of information you can get from a 990. You’ll hear how that information is helpful to a variety of individuals including: a new E…

On this episode, we begin looking forward to 2022 and what is sure to be an exciting year to come. Whether your nonprofit is gearing up for midterm elections, legislative advocacy, or administrative …

On this episode, we’ll take time to reflect on what was a very exciting year for nonprofit advocates. Across the United States, nonprofits organized, formed coalitions, and mobilized communities to a…