Description
Advocacy 101: What 501(c)(3)s CAN Do
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Presented by: Anne Gingerich, Executive Director, PANO | Sarah Speed Gabel, Senior Director of Policy, The States Project | Anne Dudro, Director of Federal Government Affairs, DMGS
Most nonprofits have been created to address inequities in policies and the programs resulting from those policies. Thus, legislative advocacy is critical to meeting this moment in time – when trust in our public institutions is at all-time low. Check out this recording for an on-the-spot learning and application of the steps required to best engage local, state, and federal officials in cause-related lobbying.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Advocacy Program Structure & Getting Started
- Lobbying Basics – Critical Information
- Making Our Case with Elected Officials
- Building Advocacy Coalitions, Including those Served
This workshop concludes with how to track your lobbying costs, and what 501 (c)(3)s must avoid. As it turns out, we can do quite a bit. Check out In Support of Democracy: What Nonprofits Can Do for a sneak peek.
Takeaways include:
- An Advocacy Toolkit with step-by-step guidelines for building your cause-related case.
- Access to district- specific information about each of our 253 state and 19 federal legislators – to fast track the research needed to best tailor the conversations you have with your own representatives.
- A Lobbying Tracker – to support your lobbying reporting efforts.
Because 501(c)(3)s CAN lobby! This workshop provides you with all the tools you need.
Once you have purchased this webinar, you will be emailed the link and password to access the video, along with a link to download any supporting materials (e.g., copy of the PowerPoint, handouts, etc.). This email will be sent to the address that you list when you check out. If you have any questions, please email info@pano.org or call PANO’s main business line at 717-236-8584.
