Showing posts with label NPAdvocacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NPAdvocacy. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Nonprofits Call for Changes to 'Arcane' Lobbying Rules - Government & Politics Watch - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Nonprofits Call for Changes to 'Arcane' Lobbying Rules - Government & Politics Watch - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Independent Sector, the coalition of charities and foundations, says it is time to explore ways to change the federal rules that restrict nonprofit lobbying.

Nonprofit and legal experts, who discussed the issue at a closed-door meeting last week, criticized existing lobbying rules as “arcane” and “vague to the point of being dysfunctional,” says Diana Aviv, Independent Sector’s president."

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Pennsylvania statehouse and political news and commentary from The Harrisburg Patriot-News - PennLive.com

Pennsylvania statehouse and political news and commentary from The Harrisburg Patriot-News - PennLive.com: "Nonprofits bring funding plea to Capitol
United Way officials urge state leaders to expedite money to service groups, who they say are facing a 'day of reckoning'
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
BY JAN MURPHY jmurphy@patriot-news.com

With food pantries around the state running out of food, domestic violence shelters on the brink of closing and child care programs shutting down, civic leaders are calling on state officials to provide relief that goes beyond the funds caught up in the budget logjam that social service agencies had expected by now."