ANA Nonprofit Policy Issues

Vital Organizations Helping Every Community

The ANA's membership includes hundreds of nonprofit organizations, including higher education institutions, nonprofit children's hospitals, and disaster relief charities. Nonprofit organizations deliver help to every community in the country supported through the generosity of the public. As tax-exempt organizations, they're also highly regulated. 

Top nonprofit policy issues:

• Postal Rates: Nonprofits rely on a healthy United States Postal Service to deliver their important appeals and communications, and to receive financial support from all over the country and internationally. Unfortunately, these organizations are finding it difficult to afford postage as the USPS postage rates have been increasing due to the USPS's Delivering for America Plan. Rising rates is an issue that must be addressed since increased costs for postage takes away from nonprofits' ability to help serve their missions.
• Privacy: Nonprofit organizations are responsible stewards of vitally important information from those they serve and those that support them. These organizations are committed to safeguarding data under existing privacy rules. However, nonprofits seek uniform national privacy standards to prevent the current costly state-by-state patchwork. Each year, nonprofits see an increased number of states requiring a varying degree of compliance and adding to their compliance costs and risks.
• Charitable Giving Initiatives: The nonprofit community won a temporary victory in gaining tax giving incentives for families during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now a universal charitable tax deduction is needed as Congress reviews tax reform proposals that will help the charitable community. A universal tax deduction for charitable donations will help incentivize generosity for all taxpayers.

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To learn more and help us advocate:

• Government Relations Committee: Join this ANA members-only committee to discuss federal and state legislative and regulatory proposals on a wide range of issues currently affecting advertisers and marketers.
• Nonprofit Organizations Committee: Open to all ANA nonprofit members, this committee meets to discuss both ethics and policy matters of vital importance, including state solicitation law, federal tax giving incentives, postal regulations, and privacy concerns.
• ANA Nonprofit Federation: Access tools, events, insights and more to help you expand your reach, strengthen your team, and leverage the full breadth of the ANA's resources.
• The ADviser: Sign up for this weekly newsletter from the ANA's Government Relations team by emailing washington@ana.net.