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However, the 501(h) election is not advantageous for very large non-profits whose lobbying expenditures exceed the $1,000,000 total cap or the $250,000 grassroots lobbying cap. These organizations may still be able to justify the expenditures as insubstantial if their operating budget is much larger, although it does entail increased risk.
By contrast with 501(c)(3) organizations they may lobby for legislation and participate in political campaigns and elections, [10] in which case they are not nonpartisan. 501(c)(6) organizations are trade group, chambers of commerce, and other business organizations. They can be nonpartisan, but they may also engage in lobbying and other ...
Political scientist Thomas R. Dye said that politics is about battling over scarce governmental resources: who gets them, where, when, why and how. [8] Since government makes the rules in a complex economy such as the United States, various organizations, businesses, individuals, nonprofits, trade groups, religions, charities and others—which are affected by these rules—will exert as much ...
Amid a spate of lobbying activity, some members of the public are asking: Are nonprofit religious organizations legally allowed to lobby? Aug. 8 election: Churches, ballot measures and lobbying ...
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The Public Charity Lobbying Law gives nonprofit organizations the opportunity to lobby without losing their nonprofit status with the Internal Revenue Service. Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code , nonprofit organizations are not allowed to use a "substantial" part of their spending on lobbying, with substantial spending ...
$1.5 Million Raised to Support Nonprofit Organizations by Pro Bono Partnership Money raised will support free business legal assistance to nonprofit organizations in New York, New Jersey and ...
§ 308: Registration of Lobbyists With Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House "(a) Any person who shall engage himself for pay or for any consideration for the purpose of attempting to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation by the Congress of the United States shall, before doing anything in furtherance of such object, register with the Clerk of the House of Representatives ...