• What every grantmaker should know about advocacy and public policy
• What you need to know -- getting involved in public policy (PDF)
• Evaluating philanthropic support of public policy advocacy: A resource for funders (PDF)
• Advocacy evaluation

• Toolkits
• Blogs
• Events/Workshops
• Resources
• Websites for more information

Toolkits:

• Advocacy Toolkit: Strategies for Engaging Foundations in Advocacy (PDF)
  Prepared for MCF by the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

• Council on Foundations

• Northern California Grantmakers

• W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Blogs:

• Alliance for Justice – Nonprofit & Foundation Advocacy Blog

• National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

• Minnesota Council of Nonprofits' Minnesota Budget Project

• U of M Humphrey Institute Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center

Events/Workshops:

• Foundations on the Hill

• The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits regularly holds an annual Nonprofit Day at the Minnesota State Capitol and other public policy trainings. Check their calendar for more information.

• Alliance for Justice has monthly webinars about public policy topics. Check their calendar for more information.

Resources:

• Permissible Nonpartisan 501(c)(3) and Partisan Campaign Contact on Voter Engagement/Protection Efforts (PDF)
  Alliance for Justice

• Words to Give By: Leading Voices in Advocacy Funding
  Alliance for Justice

• Resources for Evaluating Community Organizing
  Alliance for Justice

• Advocacy Evaluation Tools
  Alliance for Justice

• Power Amidst Chaos: Foundation Support for Advocacy Related to Disasters
  Alliance for Justice

• Power in Policy: A Funder’s Guide to Advocacy and Civic Participation
  David F. Arons

• Why Supporting Advocacy Makes Sense for Foundations
  Atlantic Reports

• A Foundation’s Guide to Advocacy (PDF)
  Council on Foundations

• Top 10 Ways Private Foundations Can Influence Public Policy
  Council on Foundations

• The Challenge of Assessing Policy and Advocacy Activities:
  Moving from Theory to Practice (PDF)
  Blueprint Research & Design

• Funding Community Organizing
  GrantCraft

• Advocacy Funding
  GrantCraft

• Foundations and Public Policy Grantmaking (PDF)
  The James Irvine Foundation

• Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities (PDF)
  National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

• Roadmap to Help Nonprofits Reach Their Campaign Goals
  Spitfire Strategies

• Vote for Advocacy! Why Advocacy Efforts Are Good for Grantmakers & Grantees
  OnPhilanthropy.com 

• Articles from the Minnesota Council on Foundations:

  • Foundations and Advocacy: More Foundations Finding Role in Public Arena

  • Be Part of Something Bigger

  • Paul Ylvisaker Award for Public Policy Engagement

Websites for more information:

• Alliance for Charitable Reform

• Alliance for Justice

• Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest

• Council on Foundations

• Domini Social Investments

• Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy

• Fieldstone Alliance

• Funders' Committee for Civic Participation

• Growth & Justice

• Independent Sector

• Library of Congress

• Minnesota Council of Nonprofits

• National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

• The Philanthropic Collaborative

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Connect project

• University of Southern California

• Minnesota House of Representatives

• Minnesota Senate

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate