Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations Articles

  November 17, 2011 Andy Hyman and Sue Sherry    Foundations have fostered innovation in health and health care for the better part of the twentieth century. Many of these innovations are well documented and widely acknowledged. What’s less documented ...

October 11, 2011 Judah I. Kupfer    As the leader of a nonprofit organization and a concerned member of society, “Michael” stays tuned in to the issues of the day and the latest legislation that may affect his organization and ...

September 22, 2011, 9:15 am By Cody Switzer As the presidential election season heats up, a Washington advocacy group has outlined how charities can ensure their Web sites don’t violate IRS rules banning organizations from politicking. Charities should be careful ...

March 16th, 2010 by Kayla Klein Robert Egger created the V3 Campaign to bring people together in order to create a New Deal for this country and educate nonprofit leaders about their organizations’ impact. This new organization envisions an American economy ...

Foundations are stepping up their advocacy efforts to help the poor and other disadvantaged people, according to a report released today by the Foundation Center. The report found that grant makers and charity officials were more optimistic about the efficacy ...

Attention, Road Warriors and Occasional Travelers Here are some cost-cutting and time-saving tips to make you a more efficient travel Recently, the vice president for development and alumni relations at our university asked the staff for ideas on how we ...

The White House has made several changes to its rules governing contacts between registered lobbyists and federal officials about economic-stimulus projects, which had been protested by some nonprofit groups. The rules, designed to curtail the influence of special interests on ...

President Obama did not include money in his fiscal 2010 budget proposal for a program to provide grants to help small and medium-size charities get training and management help that was authorized by a new national-service bill. But the plan ...

Independent Sector, a national coalition of charities and foundations, has asked the Obama administration to rescind or modify rules that restrict contacts between lobbyists and federal officials regarding the $787-billion economic-stimulus law enacted in February. The rules, which the White ...

Posted: May 12, 2009 10:50 AM Author:   Todd Cohen Fear of offending giving-sector powerbrokers, and a lack of resources, are muzzling nonprofits. But supporting nonprofit advocacy, policy and community-organizing work can yield big returns. Those are the conclusions of two new ...

November 17, 2008 - One analyst predicts that new ethics rules issued by President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team will give nonprofit groups a stronger voice on Capitol Hill, reports CNN. Chai Feldblum, a Georgetown University professor who teaches aspiring lobbyists, ...

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation recently launched "Effective Advocacy at All Levels of Government," a new online tool to help nonprofits more effectively engage in the public policy process. Developed by the Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest, it’s a plain ...

... it is good to remember Franklin’s words and to reflect on what they mean for our time, and, I hope, to connect them to the important work charitable and philanthropic organizations strive to complete in American communities. Too often, ...

A recent survey of lobbying and advocacy activity by nonprofits shows that while many organizations are involved in policy advocacy, relatively little time, attention or resources are spent on the activity, hindering deeper policy involvement. Overall, 73 percent of organizations ...