This webinar will provide background on the law that protects 501(c)(3) organizations from demands for political endorsements and campaign contributions (known as the Johnson Amendment), address why most nonprofits consider nonpartisanship essential to advancing mission, review administration and legislative challenges, and identify how the issue relates to tax reform and federal spending priorities.

The webinar will cover:

• Why the Johnson Amendment is important;
• Its history;
• What is happening concerning it in the Administration and Congress;
• How we are engaging with coalitions;
• The Community Letter in Support of Nonpartisanship and how your state has engaged; and
• What steps individual nonprofits and foundations can take right now.

Cost to Attend: Free for Alliance Members, $20 for Non-Members

Presenter: Tiffany Gourley, State Policy Counsel, National Council of Nonprofits

Tiffany L. Gourley joined the Council of Nonprofits' Team as State Policy Counsel. Tiffany recently moved to DC from Honolulu, where she served as a legislative attorney for the Hawaii Legislature, supporting legislators on a wide range of issues. Previously, she externed at the Hawai`i Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, tracking legislation of interest to nonprofit organizations, and at the Hawaii Attorney General’s Office, working in the Tax and Charities Division researching nonprofit compliance. A native of small-town Western Pennsylvania, Tiffany earned her B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Colorado – Boulder in 2008 and her law degree at the University of Hawaii in 2012, where she received the CALI Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Organizations. Before law school, she started a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on raising and disbursing funds for educational scholarships and volunteer grants and has since helped create and consult on five 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. In her free time, Tiffany loves surfing, skiing, traveling the world, and chasing after adventure.  - See more about Tiffany HERE.