Alliance For Justice - Nonprofit and Foundation Advocacy

Nonprofit and Foundation Advocacy

For more than a decade, Alliance for Justice's Nonprofit Advocacy Project and companion Foundation Advocacy Initiative have developed cutting-edge resources, and implemented broadly based initiatives to help build and strengthen the capacity of the nonprofit and foundation communities to take their rightful seat at the policy table. Often, these organizations are the only entities working to provide a voice for individuals too vulnerable or too underrepresented to compete with powerful corporate and special interests that dominate policymaking decisions.

As more nonprofits recognize the need to engage in advocacy, lobbying, election-related activities and other public policy work in order to best serve their constituencies, there is an increased demand for information on how to do so within the confines of current tax and election laws and regulations. As a result, the demand for AFJ’s services is growing rapidly each year. Through a series of in-person and web-based workshops, ongoing direct legal technical assistance, plain language publications, public education and the development and expansion of state-specific resources, AFJ’s Nonprofit Advocacy Project and Foundation Advocacy Initiative provide leaders and organizations with the information they need to navigate these rules and create an open dialogue on public policy.

With its staff of attorney-trainers, AFJ works to translate these rules into easy-to-understand language, and address questions about the permissibility of specific activities while protecting and expanding the rights of nonprofits to participate actively in public policy development in pursuit of their charitable missions. AFJ is a recognized leader in promoting nonprofit participation in public policy by offering extensive support to nonprofit organizations on the laws and regulations governing nonprofit advocacy work.