IRS Proposed Form 1023-EZ Materials
Find materials describing the affects of the IRS Proposed Form 1023-EZ.
Public Policy
Letter to Connecticut Delegation re: IRS Proposed Form 1023-EZ Materials
The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy and the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits sent a joint letter to the Connecticut Delegation voicing their concerns about the IRS Proposed Form 1023-EZ.
National Study of Nonprofit-Government Contracts and Grants 2013
Urban Institute's report discusses the results of the 2013 National Survey of Nonprofit-Government Contracts and Grants. Access the Connecticut State Profile, All State Profiles and Findings from the National Survey. The report provides national and state-by-state snapshots of most types of nonprofit organizations that have contracts and grants with local, state, and federal governments. The individual state profiles are designed to document the extent of nonprofit-government contracting, processes and problems. States are also ranked according to number of grants, types of issues, and actions taken by nonprofits to address the challenges they face.
PowerCheck: Community Organizing Capacity Tool
"PowerCheck: a tool for assessing community organizing capacity" is a free online tool that makes it easy for nonprofits, evaluators, and funders to assess capacity to engage in community organizing, plan successfully, and track progress over time.
Open Letter to All Senators in Support of IRA Charitable Rollover, 2-28-14
The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy signed on to an Independent Sector open letter to all Senators asking Congress to renew and make permanent the IRA charitable rollover and other charitable giving extenders as of January 1, 2014.
A Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy
As more foundations and non-profits have engaged in advocacy and policy work to address public issues and effect social change, there is a growing desire to gauge the impact of investments in this area. How to evaluate the effectiveness of advocacy and policy work is an emerging question of interest within the philanthropic and non-profit audiences. Answering that question, however, has proven difficult because relatively few instructive resources exist to
help those who wish to measure progress in this area.