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This Content Collection features a series of guides and resources on advocacy and lobbying from Learn Foundation Law, a free first-of-its-kind resource for private and family foundations, as well as NCFP webinars and other resources on advocacy grantmaking strategies. Also included is research on the rate of return on investing in advocacy strategies, as well as case studies of a number of family foundations, both small and large, that have used advocacy as a core part of their giving strategy.
Please see the NCFP Content Collection on Systems Change for related information and resources.
Start Here: Learn Foundation Law Course List
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Electioneering Rules for Private Foundations and Public Charities
Video![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/expenditure-responsibility-learnfdnlaw-expenditure-responsibility-rules-for-private-foundations-learn-foundation-law.jpg)
Expenditure Responsibility Rules for Private Foundations
Video![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/working-with-govt-officials-working-with-government-officials-rules-for-private-foundations-learn-foundation-law.jpg)
Working with Government Officials: Rules for Private Foundations
VideoNCFP Webinars on Advocacy and Lobbying
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Families Funding Advocacy and Policy Change
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Advocacy Guidance for Nonprofits and Foundations
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Social Movements for Good: Family Philanthropy Fuels Change
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Advocacy and Family Philanthropy: Leveraging Limited Dollars for Impact
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Family foundations and advocacy: Making your grant dollars go further
Case Studies of Families and Funders
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Families Funding Change: How Social Justice Giving Honors Our Roots and Strengthens Communities
Impact Story![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/reports-1.jpg)
Dynamic Families: Small Family Foundation Making a Big Difference Through Public Policy
Report![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/rainbow-hearts-and-minds-the-untold-story-of-how-philanthropy-and-the-civil-marriage-collaborative-helped-america-embrace-marriage-equality-proteus-fund.jpg)
The Story of How the Civil Marriage Collaborative Helped America Embrace Marriage Equality
Report![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/juvenile-justice-turning-the-wheels-of-justice-revamping-the-juvenile-justice-system-through-advocacy.jpg)
The Tow Foundation: Revamping the Juvenile Justice System Through Advocacy
Impact Story![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/article-1.jpg)
Advocacy and Family Giving: Leveraging Limited Dollars to Maximize Impact
ArticleAdditional Research and Perspectives
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Policy Influence: What Foundations Are Doing and Why
Report![illustrated image of US Capitol building in red on a blue background; Bolder Advocacy report cover](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bolder-advocacy-report-cover-image-317x177.jpg)
Sixteen Grantmaking Characteristics to Effectively Support Public Policy Advocacy
Report![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/advocacy-why-investing-in-media-is-critical-to-successful-advocacy.jpg)
Why Investing in Media is Critical to Successful Advocacy
Article![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/campion-advocacy-fund-2-three-shifts-toward-changing-philanthropys-advocacy-narrative.png)
Three Shifts Toward Changing Philanthropy’s Advocacy Narrative
Article![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Mallory-Delivery-Headshot-four-ways-family-philanthropies-can-support-social-movements.jpg)
Four Ways Family Philanthropies Can Support Social Movements
Article![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/article-1.jpg)
Creating Change Through Policy Advocacy
Blog Post![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/jeny-and-ali-thumbnail-317x177.jpg)
Making Advocacy a Family Philanthropy Affair
Article![](https://www.ncfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tools-1.jpg)