What Libraries Can Learn from

Other Organizations about

Advocacy and Political Power

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Goals and Objectives

The difference between a 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) status and how those differences are used

Goals and Objectives

The difference between a 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) status and how those differences are used

How AARP, ACLU and the NRA have built their political power and how they use it

Goals and Objectives

The difference between a 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) status and how those differences are used

How organizations have built their political power and how they use it

What libraries can learn from these organizations about creating a strong voice

Goals and Objectives

The difference between a 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) status and how those differences are used

How organizations have built their political power and how they use it

What libraries can learn from these organizations about creating a strong voice

Ways your library and our library profession can further the process of building a community of library supporters/advocates

Answer in the Discussion Area

I have participated in a legislative effort to support libraries

Yes

No

Grassroots Efforts Matter

“Anybody Here Like Bullies?”

Friends of the Library $40

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treasures

Conservators $1,500

Enjoy exclusive book previews, behind-the-scenes events, discussions, and forums led by the world's most prominent intellectuals

“Anybody Here Like Being the

Ugly Stepchild?”

Friends of the Library $40

Benefit from an array of exclusive member-only perks and support one of New York's most magnificent

treasures

Conservators $1,500

Enjoy exclusive book previews, behind-the-scenes events, discussions, and forums led by the world's most prominent intellectuals

Do you like the feeling of having to

consistently fight for sufficient funding for

your library? And for Federal Funds?

Friends of the Library $40

Benefit from an array of exclusive member-only perks and support one of New York's most magnificent

treasures

Conservators $1,500

Enjoy exclusive book previews, behind-the-scenes events, discussions, and forums led by the world's most prominent intellectuals

Libraries Have Learned that They Must

Speak Up and Take Action

We Need to Learn How to Respond

When Challenged by Politicians

Answer in the Discussion Area

My perception is that the politicians in my community DO support our library?

How do we make change happen? Play by the

rules of the political game...

Answer in the Discussion Area

Does your organization have a friends group or foundation that has filed as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization?

Understanding the Difference Between

a 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 status

Differences - Lobbying

Differences - Deductions

The Purposes of a 501(c)(4)

What Can AARP Do For You?

It All Starts with Mission and Vision

And it Manifests with Advocacy

AARP Foundation Legal Advocacy

AARP Foundation conducts legal advocacy through its litigating arm, AARP Foundation Litigation (AFL). AFL advocates for systemic change in federal and state courts nationwide to advance the legal rights and interests of people 50 and older, particularly low-income and vulnerable individuals. Through representation in significant cases and participation as amicus curiae (“friend of the court”), AFL addresses harmful, widespread practices or policies of industry, business, or government. AFL helps older people stay connected to their communities by tearing down barriers and establishing pathways to economic opportunity and social stability.

Meet Nancy LeaMond

Mission and Vision of the ACLU

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States."

The ACLU Today

For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

Whether it’s achieving full equality for LGBT people, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age of widespread government surveillance, ending mass incarceration, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people from government abuse and overreach.

The ACLU Today

With more than 4 million members, activists, and supporters, the ACLU is a nationwide organization that fights tirelessly in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., to safeguard everyone’s rights.

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NRA’s Mission In 1990, NRA made a dramatic move to ensure that the financial support for firearms-related activities would be available now and for future generations. Establishing the NRA Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization, provided a means to raise millions of dollars to fund gun safety and educational projects of benefit to the general public. Contributions to the Foundation are tax-deductible and benefit a variety of American constituencies including youth, women, hunters, competitive shooters, gun collectors, law enforcement agents and persons with physical disabilities. The NRA is widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights,

NRA’s Foundation

The heart of The NRA Foundation’s mission is

preserving the core of our American values and

traditions in our steadfast effort to Teach

Freedom.

Established in 1990, The NRA Foundation, Inc.

(“NRA Foundation”) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt

organization that raises tax-deductible

contributions in support of a wide range of

firearm-related public interest activities of the

National Rifle Association of America and other

organizations that defend and foster the Second

Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans.

Meet Marion Hammer

One Tool These Organizations Use to

Get Their Members to Take Action

A Great Motivator

Can Cause People to Take Action

Can Cause People to Unite for a Cause

Can Cause People to Donate Big $$$

What Can Libraries Learn from These

Organizations?

We Need to Unite in One Voice

Every Library’s 501c4

Resources

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What is one thing you learned today about organizational advocacy and political power?

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