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Use these resources to help your board understand the basic components of good governance and serve their organization and the public in the best possible manner.

The Power of Board Advocacy: A Discussion Guide for Boards
What Boards Need to Know: A Guide to Common Questions About Advocacy
Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards
Board Member Job Description
Public Policy Committee Charter
Sample Board Posting: Volunteer Board Member

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The Case for Advocacy

Legal Resources

The Grantmaker’s Role in Supporting Advocacy

Working through Collaborations & Networks

Advocacy in Action

Other Resources

The Case for Advocacy

The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

Fast Company | External Article

Why Advocate?

National Council of Nonprofits | External Article

What Boards Need to Know: A Guide to Common Questions about Advocacy

Stand for Your Mission | Slide Deck

Make a Difference for Your Cause in 3 Hours Per Week

Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest | External Article

Legal Resources

What is Advocacy?

BoardSource | External Article

Legal Overview

Stand for Your Mission | Slideshow

Bolder Advocacy Email Technical Assistance

Bolder Advocacy | External Resource

Public Foundations Can Lobby

Bolder Advocacy | External Article

Public Charities Can Lobby

Bolder Advocacy | External Article

Private Foundations May Advocate

Bolder Advocacy | External Article

Family Foundations May Advocate

Bolder Advocacy | External Article

Advocacy and Public Foundations

Bolder Advocacy | External Article

Lobbying Rules for Houses of Worship

Bolder Advocacy | External Article

The Grantmaker’s Role in Supporting Advocacy

For Funders

Stand for Your Mission | Resources

The Power of Board Advocacy: A Discussion Guide for Foundation Boards

Stand for Your Mission | PDF

A Foundation Leader on the Difference Advocacy is Making

Stand for Your Mission | Video

A Foundation Board Member Talks About the Critical Role of Advocacy

Stand for Your Mission | Video

Investing in Change: A Funder’s Guide to Supporting Advocacy

Alliance for Justice | External Article

Investing in Change: Why Supporting Advocacy Makes Sense for Foundations

The Atlantic Philanthropies | External Article

Philanthropy Advocacy Playbook: Leveraging Your Dollars

Bolder Advocacy | External Resource

Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Results by Funding Policy and Community Engagement

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy | External Article

Private and Public Foundations May Fund Charities that Lobby

Bolder Advocacy | External Article

Power in Policy: A Funder’s Guide to Advocacy and Civic Participation

Fieldstone Alliance | Publication

Public Policy Resources from the Council on Foundations

Council on Foundations | External Resource

Why Strategic Philanthropy (Almost) Always Involves Advocacy

Arabella Advisors | External Article

When Philanthropy Meets Advocacy

Stanford Social Innovation Review | External Article

Working through Collaborations & Networks

Connect with the Nonprofit Association in Your State

National Council of Nonprofits | External Resource

Connect with the Regional Association of Grantmakers in Your Area

United Philanthropy Forum | External Resource

Find Coalitions by Issue and Mission Area

Stand for Your Mission | Resource

The National Council of Nonprofits’ Everyday Advocacy

National Council of Nonprofits | External Article

The Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy Project

Bolder Advocacy, a program of Alliance for Justice | External Resource

United Philanthropy Forum – PolicyWorks Project

United Philanthropy Forum | External Resource

Advocacy Resources from the Independent Sector

Independent Sector | External Resource

Advocacy in Action

A Discussion Guide for Museum Trustees

Stand for Your Mission | PDF

“Advocacy in Action” from Bolder Advocacy

Bolder Advocacy | External Article

The Board's Role in Advocacy: An Expectation for Engaged Leadership

Stand for Your Mission | PDF

The National Council of Nonprofits’ Everyday Advocacy

National Council of Nonprofits | External Article

Nonprofit Advocacy Works

National Council of Nonprofits | External Article

Board Advocacy: Key to Ending Homelessness

The Washington State Board Advocacy Project | Video

The Vote with Your Mission Campaign

California Association of Nonprofits | External Resource

11 Ways for Nonprofits to Build Ties with Lawmakers

The Chronicle of Philanthropy | External Article

Other Resources

Advocacy Capacity Tool

Bolder Advocacy | External Resource

Advocacy & Lobbying: Rules for Public Charity Grantees of Private Foundations

Learn Foundation Law | External Resource

Request Workshops & Trainings

Bolder Advocacy | External Resource

A Voice for Nonprofits

The Brookings Institution | Publication