The Retreat of Influence: Exploring the Decline of Nonprofit Advocacy and Public Engagement

This report finds that:

A significantly lower proportion of nonprofits report advocating or lobbying compared to 20 years ago.
Mission plays the largest role in determining nonprofit advocacy and lobbying.
Today, significantly fewer nonprofits know advocacy activities they are legally allowed to do compared to 20 years ago.
Only 13% of nonprofits conduct nonpartisan activities to help people vote.

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