Bonterra

JULY 9, 2025

What’s the difference between advocacy and lobbying? All lobbying is advocacy, but not all advocacy is lobbying. Lobbying refers specifically to efforts that influence legislation, such as asking a policymaker to vote a certain way.

Lobbying

Bonterra

JUNE 27, 2025

Nonprofits Nonprofits undertake initiatives to address broad societal challenges or improve conditions for a wide demographic, aligning with their public benefit mission. Activities and initiatives Depending on the organization’s mission, nonprofits and not-for-profit organizations may conduct similar activities.

Nonprofit

HSF House

JULY 25, 2025

Taxis make their presence known by honking at potential customers and TVs in restaurants, barbershops, and lobbies often have soccer matches playing, while a group of people gather and watch. I had a long flight day and it took awhile to make it through immigration and customs at the airport, so my first time seeing Accra was at night.

Lobbying

Candid

APRIL 7, 2022

After its national conference eight years ago, NDBN began collecting membership demographics. NDBN wrote its own survey to explore member demographics, but quickly found that it was getting lost among so many demands on nonprofit leaders. White was uncomfortable about being in that group.

Lobbying

DoJiggy

OCTOBER 8, 2024

What age groups or demographics will you serve? If you represent a business, setting up a Christmas tree in your lobby, staff cafeteria, or break room is a great way to draw donors. Supporters can donate money, which can be used to purchase toys in bulk and fill the toy gaps for specific demographics.

Demographics

Candid

JULY 8, 2024

Foundation program officers and government officials can unintentionally limit the impact of community-based organizations by funding them to serve only a specific demographic group and a narrow set of activities. One reason is that, unlike 501(c)(3) organizations, 501(c)(4) organizations have unlimited lobbying capacity.

Policy

Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Also, don’t ignore demographics. It could be lobbying for funds from a government source, helping secure a contract with a client who will pay for your nonprofit’s services, or playing a major role in an event or product sales program. Discuss that too. This can be a prickly subject. It’s probably obvious already.

Finance