Factsheet: The Project Grant Rule

Bolder Advocacy is here to dispel the myth that project-specific grants need to prohibit the use of grant funds for lobbying. If the project grant rule (PGR) is used, private foundations can fund public charities that lobby.

The key takeaway? The Project Grant Rule is a helpful tool for funding advocacy and it is actually very simple and easy to use.

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Strengthening Response in Real Time

This Rapid Response Report serves as a testimony to how Minnesota’s philanthropic ecosystem organized during a critical moment in state history. It offers vital lessons, structural insights, and

Guide to Fiscal Sponsorship

As fiscal sponsorship continues to become a more widely used tool for charitable impact, it is important that 501(c)(3) organizations acting as a fiscal sponsor are doing it right.

Immigrant Rapid Response Fund: Briefing Series

Between Christmas 2025 and February 2026, Operation Metro Surge brought roughly 2,000 federal immigration agents to the Twin Cities. More than 4,000 people were arrested. Two Minnesotans were killed.