Results List
-
Catalytic Philanthropy: Investing in Policy Advocacy
Philanthropy News Digest’s blog PhilanTopic named The Atlantic Philanthropies as an organization that has made policy advocacy a cornerstone of its philanthropic strategy in its post on why policy advocacy is one of the most important tools needed to drive social change: Policy advocacy —…
Author: PhilanTopic (Philanthropy News Digest)
-
Nonprofits Face Serious Constraints on Policy Involvement; Charities Engaged in Advocacy Despite Limitations, New Survey Finds
BALTIMORE, July 30 (AScribe Newswire) — America’s nonprofit organizations are widely involved in efforts to influence the public policies affecting them and those they serve, but are constrained by tight budgets, limited staff time and confusing legal restrictions, according to a new survey by the…
Author: Johns Hopkins University Nonprofit Listening Post Project
-
Gary Bass Featured in Philanthropy News Digest on the Support of Nonprofit Advocacy
Original Source 5 Questions for… Gary Bass, Founder and Executive Director, OMB Watch Founded in 1983 with the goal of lifting the veil of secrecy then shrouding the White House Office of Management and Budget, OMB Watch is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
-
Advocacy – Often the Most Direct Route to Social Change
Supporting advocates who work to persuade members of the U.S. Congress of the necessity of allocating more federal money for children’s health programmes… Backing public interest lawyers whose arguments convince the U.S. Supreme Court that capital punishment for youth is unconstitutional…. Convincing lawmakers to…
Author: Gara LaMarche
-
Stephen McConnell Appointed to Advocacy and Policy Position With The Atlantic Philanthropies Ageing Program
New York, June 9, 2008 — Stephen McConnell, currently Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy at the Alzheimer’s Association, will join The Atlantic Philanthropies to lead its Ageing Program’s policy and advocacy work in the U.S. As Ageing Program Policy and Advocacy Program Executive,…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
-
Big Money for Advocacy Is Needed From Foundations
Steve McConnell, former U.S. country director at Atlantic Philanthropies, heads the Civic Participation Action Fund, a new grant-making organization created with a grant from the Atlantic Advocacy Fund. Philanthropy achieved an incredible victory this year when the Supreme Court allowed same-sex marriage. Without essential financing…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
-
PHI Establishes National Policy/Advocacy Office in DC
Bronx, NY – PHI, a nonprofit working to strengthen eldercare and disability services in the United States, announces that it has opened a national policy/advocacy office in Washington, DC. The opening of the DC-based office caps a year in which the Bronx-based PHI has significantly…
Author: PHI
-
Here’s Why Funders Should Support Advocacy
Photo: Treatment Action Campaign Advocacy is a central mechanism for driving social change. As Mark Heywood, Executive Director of Section 27 says: “Advocacy is not a handful of individuals shouting from the rooftops. It is about effective community education, community mobilisation and community empowerment around…
Author: Gillian Mitchell, Gabrielle Ritchie and Melanie Judge
-
Influencing Policy at All Levels of Government
By Gara LaMarche Not too many years ago, it was a hard sell to convince most foundations that involvement in public policy, and particularly the support of advocacy, was an essential element of carrying out their philanthropic mission, whatever that happened to be. Many had…
Author: Insight Magazine
-
Initiative aims to spur more advocacy funding
Original Source by Todd Cohen RALEIGH, N.C. — Foundations and other groups invested more than $2.6 million over five years to help 14 New Mexico nonprofits in their work involving advocacy, community organizing and civic engagement, an investment that generated $16.6 million in benefits for…
Author: Philanthropy Journal
