Resource Center

NC Center for Nonprofits
The NC Center for Nonprofits is a statewide network for nonprofit and foundation board and staff, an information center on effective organizational practices, and an advocate for the nonprofit sector as a whole. The Center understands that the nonprofit sector plays a critical role in our society. When nonprofits speak out--especially with a united voice--they have enormous capacity to shape public policies for the better. The Center's website provides updated action alerts and information on recent public policy developments that have an impact on our state's nonprofit sector. For more information, please contact Sally Migliore, Senior Associate (smigliore@ncnonprofits.org or 919-790-1555, ext. 106).

Philanthropy and Public Problem Solving -- The University of Southern California's Center on Philanthropy and Public PolicyThe Center studies the structures and networks that enable philanthropy to work better together to extend its impact as a field, and the alliances that enable philanthropic organizations and individuals to work with partners in nonprofits, government and business to solve public problems. The Center's Distinguished Speakers Series also provides a venue for nationally recognized leaders to stimulate a conversation on the role that philanthropy can and should play in public problem solving.

Alliance for Justice Foundation Advocacy Initiative
Founded in 1995 by the Alliance for Justice, a national association of public interest organizations, The Foundation Advocacy Initiative seeks to increase foundation support to organizations that seek to influence policy and public opinion.

Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest
CLPI was founded in 1998 out of a concern that the essential public policy role of charities is significantly undermined by several persistent barriers and educates nonprofits about the important role that lobbying plays in achieving their missions.

Council On Foundations
COF provides current information on legislation concerning foundations of various types and nonprofit organizations, and a biennial “agenda” for federal legislation and regulatory action.

Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers Public Policy Toolkit
Provides strategies and tips for grantmakers seeking to enter the public policy arena.

Independent Sector Public Affairs Program
Provides information in the areas of: Tax Legislation, Nonprofit Lobbying and Advocacy, Government Funding, Accountability and Oversight. Also publishes a monthly Public Policy Update, an executive briefing on federal and state issues affecting philanthropy and nonprofit activity.

State Library of North Carolina Information Services Branch
This site provides a comprehensive listing of North Carolina’s public policy organizations and think tanks that provide policy research and advocacy on a broad range of issues. The referenced sites offer publications, alert services, resource links, and discussion forums available to grantmakers as well as government. The State Library of North Carolina nor NCNG endorse the editorial content of the pages to which it links.

Urban Institute
The Institute’s policy centers provide research, position papers and other resources on a variety of issues of national concern.

OMB Watch
Formed in 1983, OMB Watch tracks activities of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), concentrating its work in five key areas: Budget and government performance issues; Regulatory and government accountability; Information for democracy and community; Nonprofit advocacy and other cross-cutting nonprofit issues; and Nonprofit policy and technology.