Episode 92: CalNonprofits Policy & Legislation

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"CalNonprofits was pushing for relief for the sector and contract flexibility so that we could be as responsive as possible to our communities while they were dealing with the pandemic”- Lucy Salcido Carter

We know from our interview in January 2021 with Jacob Harold and Anna Koob of Candid that from their extensive study they estimated that over 4 thousand nonprofits in California could go out of business from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. This conversation led us to wonder what the status and health of nonprofits were in California and in turn our interview in May 2021 with Lucy Salcido-Carter and Christina Dragonetti with CalNonprofits to share with us their work to support nonprofits.

Given all of the federal and state funding flowing through the State of California Legislature and the Governor’s offices, we wanted to check back in with Lucy Salcido-Carter to update us on all of their public policy work to assure that our nonprofits secure funding and resources to enable them to both stabilize and recover stronger as we come out of the pandemic economy.

Lucy Salcido Carter

Lucy Salcido Carter is the Policy Director at CalNonprofits, a policy alliance of 10,000+ organizations. Lucy directs policy initiatives that protect and promote California’s nonprofits. Lucy has also served in leadership policy positions at Youth Law Center, Northern California Innocence Project, and East Bay Community Foundation. Successful legislative campaigns include laws that ensure access to technology for foster youth, require college programs for high school graduates in detention, and strengthen legal claims of innocence in habeas cases. Lucy is a former program officer of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and a graduate of Stanford Law School.

CalNonprofits

The California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits) is a statewide policy alliance of nearly 10,000 organizations, representing and promoting California’s growing nonprofit sector. We work to strengthen the power of California’s nonprofits because stronger nonprofits mean stronger communities and a better California. CalNonprofits pays close attention to representing the often overlooked elements of the nonprofit world: community-based organizations, organizations in communities of color, organizations working in low-income communities, rural organizations, and all-volunteer organizations.

Through our policy advocacy work, CalNonprofits strives to raise the voice of nonprofits and protect and enhance their ability to serve California. We envision a climate where nonprofits can emerge, compete for leadership, thrive, fail, succeed, and change the world. This means a place where regulatory, tax, civic, and philanthropic policies support nonprofits. Nonprofit organizations are a central part of civic participation. When nonprofits use our voting power, we advance our causes, make our voices heard, and change the world for the better.

Here's an update on CalNonprofits work during the Covid-19 Pandemic
• More about CalNonprofits recent advocacy successes: 8 New California Laws Impact Nonprofits. Emphasis is on the passage of AB 488. "Fundraising platforms will no longer be able to hide fees, use nonprofits’ names to raise funds without permission, or hang onto donations indefinitely.
• Here is what CalNonprofits is working on for the 2022-23 years to come
• We partnered with 65 nonprofits, coalitions, philanthropic groups, legislative offices, and government agencies in 2021
• Through our advocacy in 2021, we took a stand (or position) on 22 state and federal bills, budget asks, and resolutions
• CalNonprofits has done significant outreach over the past two years in the form of webinars to help support nonprofits in applying for California Small Business Relief grants. In the first round, an estimated 7,436 nonprofits received $96 million. To find out more about CalNonprofits work to support our Nonprofit Sector please check out their library of webinars

Donation/Volunteer

You can support nonprofits and CalNonprofits by becoming a member today and:
+ You will be adding your voice to our advocacy work in Sacramento, with philanthropy and the public
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Videos

To find out more about CalNonProfits work on Policy please check the Forum on the Budgets & Bills: “An inside look at the 2022 California Legislative Session” along with their very informative workshop “Public Service Loan Forgiveness” (PSLF) program, a federal effort that forgives student loan debt for nonprofit employees after 120 qualifying payments.

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“We want to strengthen nonprofits’ access to public funding. We know that about 30% of Nonprofit funding comes from government contracting. So our partnership with the government is really important. We want to strengthen that partnership whenever we can. We also support increased civic engagement and nonprofits being independent but also held accountable”

— Lucy Salcido Carter,Policy Director,CalNonprofits

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