In these challenging times, many funders are eager to support their grantees’ advocacy and movement-building work — or step up their own organization’s advocacy efforts.

These are key strategies in the philanthropy toolbox.

But we know there is a lot of confusion about what’s allowed and what’s effective.  That’s why we’re proud to partner with Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy program for TFN’s 25th Anniversary Conference: Be Bold Together, March 17-19 in Baltimore.

TFN25 will feature Tim Mooney, senior counsel with Bolder Advocacy, as our on-site “Office Hours” resource for one-on-one technical assistance sessions.

Bolder Advocacy provides training, technical assistance, tools, and resources to help foundations (and their grantees) maximize their impact without running afoul of the rules governing nonprofits and charitable organizations.

We’re offering this resource as part of TFN’s ongoing commitment to help funders navigate the road ahead with a forward-looking eye towards strategic approaches at the federal, state, regional, and local levels.

Tim will be available for appointments during designated windows throughout the conference to:  

– Answer questions about how private and public foundations can support grantees’ advocacy efforts;

–  Offer guidance on how foundations can engage in advocacy themselves;

– Share tools and resources;

– And strategize about what this moment calls for.

Registered attendees can sign up for these short, private technical assistance sessions through our Swapcard digital platform/conference app.

Tim also will co-facilitate Critical Conversation: Post-election Legal Landscape with Abby Levine, associate general counsel at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (and formerly of Bolder Advocacy), on Wednesday morning, March 19.

As senior counsel at Bolder Advocacy, Tim provides one-on-one technical assistance for nonprofit advocates, teaches nonprofit and election law workshops and writes on these issues for Bolder Advocacy publications.

(Tim and his colleagues also share their legal wisdom on the Bolder Advocacy podcast, Rules of the Game.)

He began his legal career as co-founder and counsel for Columbia Riverkeeper, working to protect and restore the largest watershed in the Pacific Northwest. He has also served as senior counsel at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

As we embrace strategies, tools and tactics to Be Bold Together, we’re thrilled to continue our partnership with the team at Alliance for Justice.

We first offered similar by-appointment resources with Bolder Advocacy at our 2017 Annual Conference in the Twin Cities. We’ve been grateful to have featured their insight and expertise on a number of webinars and learning opportunities in recent years.

Please visit our TFN25 website to see our full agenda as well as speaker updates and other highlights. 

 

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