August 18, 2005 | Read Time: 1 minute
Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds, discusses why foundations support efforts to influence public policy and provides advice for determining whether financing advocacy work is right for an organization. Drawing from interviews with a wide range of institutions, the guide describes how grant makers can communicate their public-policy goals effectively, build constituencies, overcome resistance and criticism from adversaries, and evaluate the success of their advocacy efforts. The guide also examines the legal limits on advocacy work and offers tips for grant makers in deciding whether to finance advocacy or to carry out advocacy work themselves.
Publisher: GrantCraft, 320 East 43rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10017; (212) 573-4879; http://www.grantcraft.org; 33 pages; free for download on the publisher’s Web site.
