Public Policy Toolkit


	Rosenberg Foundation helps garner over $4M in back wages for garment workers, brings garment worker abuses to national attention San Francisco Foundation helps defeat Proposition 54 California Wellness Foundation helps educate voters on Prop. 188. Initiative loses in a landslide When $10,000 sometimes equals $1,000,000 East Bay Community Foundation educates the public about Proposition 54 Share your success story > in the news HR 4 Proposition 49



Why fund public policy initiatives? Can a single foundation really make an impact on a systemic level? Will doing this kind of work imperil a foundation's tax-exempt status? This Toolkit was created by Northern California Grantmakers' Public Policy Committee to help answer just these sorts of questions. The primary goal of this toolkit is to demystify public policy grantmaking with an eye towards building the capacity of funders to engage in public policy initiatives. We want to encourage and help you incorporate long-term change and policy-related work into your funding portfolio. This toolkit provides resources for both funders new to public policy as well as those with more experience. Current research, funding philosophy, case studies, and legal considerations are just some of the tools you will find here.	please give us feedback on this site
Election Year Resources Definition of voter engagement Funding Voter Education, Voter Registration, and Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts (GOTV) of Public Charities Activities Related to State Ballot Initiatives Case Study: Proposition 54, East Bay Community Foundation Case Study: Proposition 54, The San Francisco Foundation Case Study: California Wellness Foundation helps educate voters on Prop.188
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