In the world of government relations and legislative affairs, if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.
However, Shirley Chisholm wisely said, “if they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring your own chair.”
As part of our
mission, the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits is committed to promoting legislation and policy that helps the nonprofit sector, our donors and our constituents. More importantly, we fight for the charitable sector’s rights to advocate and lobby for
their respective missions, remain truly “tax-exempt,” and promote a fair regulatory environment that prevents undue financial, resource and administrative burdens on the sector.
Moreover, we promote a transparent sector willing to work
with the public sector and state agencies collaboratively to create a better Oklahoma.
OKCNP employs a contract lobbyist to monitor legislation, and our organization has a standing committee comprising board members, nonprofit professionals
and lobbyists and former legislators to provide NONPARTISAN guidance on policy issues that protect and promote the sector.
USE YOUR VOICE
Join us each year at Oklahoma Nonprofit Advocacy Day, register for one of our Advocacy training courses, or attend our biweekly Advocacy Roundtable virtual conversations held during the legislative session.
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NONPROFIT ADVOCACY DAY
Join us for a day at the Oklahoma State Capitol, where we will each share our mission and our work with legislators. Later that day, we will host a reception for attendees and legislators to mingle and get to know each other a bit better.
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ADVOCACY ROUNDTABLE
This members-only virtual call brings together nonprofit leaders to discuss policy, exchange ideas and offer support and advice to one another. This group is full of dynamic, policy-minded professionals.
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ADVOCACY SUMMIT
Advocacy is critical to the success of your mission. This one-day course will prepare you to be ready for advocacy, provide guidance for planning activities, illustrate ways to collaborate with other organizations, and learn when to show up.
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ADVOCACY IS POWER
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NONPROFITS
- If the American nonprofit sector were a country, it would boast the 7th largest economy in the world.
- Nonprofits employ 10% of the workforce and contribute nearly $322 billion in wages.
- With more than 19,000 nonprofits in Oklahoma, the sector accounted for over $12 billion of revenue coming into the state in 2010 and claimed $34 billion in assets. (By comparison, according to the IRS Census, in 2002 the real estate sector only
brought in $2 billion in revenue.)
- Thousands of Oklahomans would be without food, shelter or medical care if nonprofits did not fill the void.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Nonprofits are critical to American social and economic health, providing a lifeline to the underprivileged, enriching our society through cultural and artistic endeavors and saving taxpayers billions of dollars each year. With over 12 million employees,
61 million volunteers and countless beneficiaries, nonprofits represent a significant and powerful voice that can be lifted up to our local, state and federal leaders for the common good.
ADVOCACY RESOURCES
