The Nonprofit Lobbying Guide: Advocating Your Cause- and Getting Results
Author: Smucker, Bob
Date Published: 1991
This is a handbook for volunteers and staff of nonprofit organizations, especially new volunteers and staff, to help them take advantage of the new and exceedingly liberal rules for lobbying by nonprofits. These rules now make it possible for nonprofit groups to lobby more freely for their causes and clients. It is very clear that the federal government, including Congress and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), supports lobbying by nonprofits. Congress sent that unambiguous message when it enacted the generous provisions in the 1976 lobby law. The same message came from the IRS, in new regulations issued on August 31, 1990, which support both the spirit and the intent of the 1976 legislation. Together, the law and the new regulations provide much more leeway for lobbying than most nonprofits will ever need-or want.
Date Published: 1991
This is a handbook for volunteers and staff of nonprofit organizations, especially new volunteers and staff, to help them take advantage of the new and exceedingly liberal rules for lobbying by nonprofits. These rules now make it possible for nonprofit groups to lobby more freely for their causes and clients. It is very clear that the federal government, including Congress and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), supports lobbying by nonprofits. Congress sent that unambiguous message when it enacted the generous provisions in the 1976 lobby law. The same message came from the IRS, in new regulations issued on August 31, 1990, which support both the spirit and the intent of the 1976 legislation. Together, the law and the new regulations provide much more leeway for lobbying than most nonprofits will ever need-or want.
