BASED ON A SURVEY OF 1,000 NONPROFITS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND DEVELOPED BY STATE AND LOCAL NONPROFIT LEADERS Click Here to Download the Entire Report in Adobe Acrobat Format Presented by: Advocacy Institute National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy OMB Watch The Union Institute Introduction

A description of the Strengthening Nonprofit Advocacy Project. In May 1999, the Lincoln Filene Center for Citizenship and Public Affairs at Tufts University and OMB Watch in Washington, DC launched a project to identify and better understand the factors that affect nonprofits' participation in the public policy process. The intended goals of the project are to

• Generate new knowledge of how existing barriers to participation may be addressed

Newsgroups are collaboration-centered tools predicated on the exchange of content. When populated with active participants, honest and open exchange of ideas, solid ground rules for content and etiquette, and constant outreach, newsgroups can be cost-effective resources for nonprofit organizations. Newsgroups can yield documents representing both work product and an archival record of thoughts, opinions, and experiences that informed that product. In essence, a newsgroup is the simplest, and cheapest, way to setup a fully-fledged groupware tool for an organization or network of organizations.

Text of the IRS request for comments on nonprofits' use of the internet. IRS request for comments: Internet use by EOs Request for Comments Regarding Need for Guidance Clarifying Application of the Internal Revenue Code to Use of the Internet by Exempt Organizations Announcement 2000-84 The Internal Revenue Service is considering the necessity of issuing guidance that would clarify the application of the Internal Revenue Code to use of the Internet by exempt organizations. Accordingly, the Service is soliciting