Recent Edition of Nonprofit Advocacy Matters

The October 7 issue of the NationalCouncil of Nonprofits’ Nonprofit Advocacy Matters contains a number of storiesthat may interest readers. Here is a summary of the article titles in the issue: 

Paying for Indirect Costs Essentialto Success, New Report Finds

Long Federal Shutdown Means GreaterDemands, Impact on Nonprofits

Dealing with the Federal GovernmentShutdown at the State Level

Nonprofits Prepare for 2014 StateTax Reform Discussions

Taxes, Fees, PILOTs

Illinois Implements Reforms thatBenefit Nonprofits and Taxpayers

Denver Strengthens Partnership withNonprofit Contractors

Additional State and Local Issues

Nonprofits Take to Advocacy to AvoidAnother Round of Sequestration

Worth Reading

“Business as Usual: A Tale of TwoSectors,” byTim Delaney, Huffington Post, September 30, 2013.

“WhenGovernment Shuts Down, the Nonprofit Community Pays,” by Tim Delaney,Foundation Center, October 4, 2013.

“CharitableGiving Tied to State Tax Deduction Decisions,”analyzing the consequences ofactions by legislatures to reconsider and largely to retain charitable givingincentives in Hawai’i, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Vermont.

Worth Quoting

JRB