Advocacy & Public Policy
Turn policy analysis into legislative action with lobbying, coalitions, voter engagement, and grassroots mobilization.
Coalition Building
Builds and runs multi-organization advocacy coalitions: partner recruitment, coalition MOUs and governance structures, shared decision-making rules, message alignment across partners, and joint sign-on letters. Use when a user asks to form or join an advocacy coalition, draft a coalition MOU or governance charter, resolve disagreement between partner orgs on messaging or strategy, coordinate a joint sign-on letter or statement, or design how a coalition makes decisions and shares credit/resources. Covers cross-organizational structure and alignment, not single-org issue research (nonprofit-policy-analysis), not one org's legislator meetings (nonprofit-legislative-advocacy), and not public supporter mobilization tactics (nonprofit-grassroots-mobilization).
Grassroots Mobilization
Builds action alerts, petition campaigns, call-in/email-to-legislator tools, and supporter activation tactics that generate public pressure on a policy issue. Use when a user asks to write an action alert or 'take action' email, set up a click-to-call or email-your-legislator campaign, draft petition copy and a petition-to-signature-to-action funnel, plan a rapid-response mobilization for a breaking policy moment, or design a supporter activation ladder from low-effort to high-effort engagement. Covers public-facing supporter activation and grassroots lobbying content specifically; the org's own direct legislator meetings/testimony are nonprofit-legislative-advocacy, the underlying policy research is nonprofit-policy-analysis, and nonpartisan election-specific activity is nonprofit-voter-engagement.
Legislative Advocacy
Prepares nonprofit staff and board members for direct legislative engagement: legislator office meetings, lobby days, committee testimony, and tracking 501(h) lobbying expenditure limits. Use when a user asks to prep for a meeting with a legislator or their staff, plan a lobby day or fly-in, write or rehearse spoken/written testimony for a hearing, build a leave-behind packet for a Hill/statehouse visit, or determine whether a planned activity counts as direct vs. grassroots lobbying under 501(h). Covers direct engagement with policymakers, not the underlying research/brief content (nonprofit-policy-analysis), not multi-org coalition sign-on logistics (nonprofit-coalition-building), and not public-facing action alerts to mobilize supporters (nonprofit-grassroots-mobilization).
Policy Analysis
Researches and writes issue briefs, policy position papers, one-pagers, and comparative bill/regulation analyses for a nonprofit's advocacy agenda. Use when a user asks to draft a policy brief or white paper, analyze a bill or proposed regulation, write a position statement or talking points on an issue, build an evidence base for a policy ask, or compare policy options before deciding a stance. Covers research and written analysis only, not scheduling legislator meetings or delivering testimony (nonprofit-legislative-advocacy), not multi-org sign-on or coalition messaging governance (nonprofit-coalition-building), and not action alerts or petition copy to mobilize supporters (nonprofit-grassroots-mobilization).
Voter Engagement
Designs and runs nonpartisan voter registration, voter education, and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) activities that stay compliant with 501(c)(3) rules against candidate/party endorsement. Use when a user asks to plan a voter registration drive, build a nonpartisan candidate forum or voter guide, design a GOTV or 'vote early' reminder campaign, train staff/volunteers on what a 501(c)(3) can and can't say about elections, or review event/social content for partisan-neutrality risk before publishing. Covers nonpartisan electoral participation activity specifically; issue-based lobbying on bills/regulations is not electoral activity and belongs to nonprofit-legislative-advocacy or nonprofit-policy-analysis, and general non-election supporter action campaigns belong to nonprofit-grassroots-mobilization.