For Your Issues
Advocate for your issues.
Advocacy, public policy, and civic engagement are essential tools for all nonprofits in achieving their missions. While the Center can’t advocate for the specific issues that are vital to each individual nonprofit’s mission, we can provide you with the tools to be a strong advocate for your nonprofit’s issues.
Nonprofits can lobby! Here’s some basic information about federal laws:
- Nonprofit advocacy is legal
- The powerful, free, and easy 501(h) election
- Worry-Free Lobbying for Nonprofits (from the Alliance for Justice)
- More resources from the Alliance for Justice
- Resources from the Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest
Do you lobby at the state level? Here’s what you need to know:
- Summary of N.C. lobbying law
- N.C. Secretary of State Lobbying Compliance Division (register, file reports, search for lobbyists)
Get tips on how to be an effective advocate:
- Advocacy & Lobbying FAQs
- Advocacy tools from the National Council of Nonprofits
Learn about your elected officials:
Nonprofits can get involved in nonpartisan civic engagement. Find out how!