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How Lessons Learned From Fighting Food Insecurity Can Help Your Nonprofit

Blue Avocado

Even if you think that your area of interest could not possibly have been addressed by governance or the courts, there may be laws on the books that affect the handling and redistribution of specific or related resources. After many years of lobbying and hard work, the GSA was passed, enabling all parties to help people.

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Sharpshooter Communications

There are probably a million loopholes through and around these requirements. Therefore, in addition to a notification requirement , Type III supporting organizations must pass separate responsiveness and integral part tests. They are allowed to lobby as a primary activity but they cannot support political candidates.

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The 2024 Election: A Grant Writer’s Post Mortem

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

In early 1981, I went to Washington DC for a NAHRO (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials) conference and some lobbying on the Hill. I was convinced that the era of big government grants was over. Congress has yet to pass any FY ’25 (the new FY started Oct. Boy was I wrong.

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