UPCOMING EVENTS

March 18- Hard Question Series: Too Many Nonprofits?

The Roundtable's new CEO series on 'Hard Questions' starts with a discussion on "Are There Too Many Nonprofits?" Join a conversation with Urban Institute's Elizabeth Boris and Council of Nonprofits' Tim Delaney who were cited in the Wall Street Journal will lead the conversation.

April 5- Engage Your Boards in Sustainable Funding

Terry Axelrod will facilitate a discussion including "three roles for engaging your board members in mission-based fundraising."  FYI: The focus of this session is not on Benevon.

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April 27- SAVE THE DATE: Nonprofit NoVA Membership Meeting

PAST EVENTS

January 27, 2010 - Membership Meeting: Discussed advocacy for the nonprofit sector in Northern Virginia.

December 10, 2009 - Worry Free Advocacy
Did you know that 501(c)(3) organizations can lobby?
April Carson from Alliance for Justice taught nonprofit leaders how nonprofits can lobby, what their lobbying limits are and how to track lobbying activity. 
Click here to read more.

October 27, 2009- Membership Meeting:  Special Guest Congressman Jim Moran updated Nonprofit NoVA on health care reform.  

JULY 28, 2009 - 4th Quarter Membership Meeting: Special guest panelists discussed how we can build community with a new government-nonprofit relationship. Click here to read more about what our panelists had to say.

Front:  Arlington Council Chair Barbara Favola; Nonprofit NoVA Chair and ED of the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia, Patti Donnelly

Back:  Alexandria Councilmember Rob Krupicka; VANNO ED Deborah Barfield Williamson; Prince William Vice Chair Wally Covington; Fairfax County Deputy County Executive Verdia Haywood

APRIL 21, 2009 - 3rd Quarter Membership Meeting at CapitalOne in McLean, VA.  Special Guest Speakers included:

     Mr. Alan Merten, President of George Mason University

     Mr. Michael Cassidy, ED of The Commonwealth Institute of Fiscal Policy

February 2. 2009 - Over 20 leaders from Northern Virginia took part in the first delegation of Nonprofit NoVA to Richmond.  They were presented on the Senate Floor and spent the day asking lawmakers to maintain support for the nonprofit sector, which uses government funds to keep a safety net under Virginia residents.

January 27, 2009 - Despite a driving snowstorm, a highly successful Member Meeting at Capital One.  Presentations came from Sarah Brophy, on "Greening of Nonprofits;" Laura Lacy of Terp Systems on "Social Networking;" and Peggy Sand on "Tips for Successful Mergers." 

October, 2008 - Legislative Coffee Hour provided an intimate conversation with staff from Congressman Moran's and Congressman Wolf's offices.   

October, 2008 - Thank you to Robert Egger of v3campaign.org for his provocative talk with our members at the October Member Meeting.  Thanks to CapitalOne for hosting the event.

Cheri Villa, Nonprofit NoVA Chair and President of Serve, Inc.; Robert Egger; and Kim Young, Nonprofit NoVA's Steering Committee and Community Relations Manager for CapitalOne.

Worry Free Advocacy
December 10, 2009

Do you think 501(c)(3) organizations can lobby? Do you know how to track your lobbying expenses?  What is the difference between lobbying and advocacy?

April Carson from Alliance for Justice answered these questions and much more during her December 10 presentation to 20 Northern Virginia nonprofit leaders. 

• What is lobbying?  Lobbying is a form of advocacy.  Advocacy can be done without lobbying.
• Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations are allowed to lobby according to the IRS
• however, nonprofits are limited in how much they are allowed to lobby
•  Lobbying can be measured in two ways:  an insubstantial part of activities OR a dollar based limit (using the 501(h) expenditure test)
• What is lobbying? It is a direct communication to a legiaslator that expresses a view about specific legislation
• What is grassroots lobbying?  A communication to the general public that expresses a view about specific legislation and contains a call to action.
• Tracking lobbying--track either activities or expenditures, depending on which test you are using

What nonprofit leaders are saying about this event:

"A very worthwhile presentation that every nonprofit should attend.  I learned as much from my peers as I did from my own questions."

"I didn't know how much I didn't know about lobbying.  This session was very helpful"  Shannon Steene, Good Shepherd Housing

"I would recommend this training to others--it is a concise, concrete template that can be applied to individual organization's situations.  This subject could be dull and boring but this presentation was lively and engaging."  Pam Michell, New Hope Housing

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 Membership Meeting
January 27, 2010

 On January 27th, Nonprofit NoVA brought together over 40 nonprofit leaders to discuss ways that nonprofits can impact the budget process in local jurisdictions and at the state level. Jeanne Ellinport, the Chief Advocate of the Nonprofit Roundtable and the Center for Nonprofit Advancement's Think Twice Before You Slice Campaign explained the budget process and shared ways that nonprofits can get involved. John Horejsi from SALT, Kathy May from Voices for Virginia's Children, Amanda Andere from FACETS and Anne Murphy from the Virginia Interfaith Policy Center shared their stories of successful advocacy campaigns with the group as well.

"Questions and discussions are always the most interesting and helpful"

"I fully support the efforts of the group to advocate for nonprofits.  It was most interesting for me to hear from Amanda and Kathy about their experiences.  I had not heard that before."

"I plan on sharing the PowerPoint that will be sent to attendees."

To view a copy of Jeanne's presentation, click here

Visit www.thinktwicebeforeyouslice.org or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for ways to get involved