Empower & Protect State Pilot
BUILDING STATE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MULTI-ENTITY WORK
Empower & Protect is a capacity-building program that builds state and movement infrastructure to help emergent state-based power-building nonprofits do bold work safely in election years. The capacity needs of multi-entity power-building organizations are complex and unique. Tax and campaign finance laws vary state by state. So do the strategies, tactics, and legal entities best suited to build durable power in each state.
Empower & Protect expands access to the technical assistance support, training, tools and resources, and access to legal and compliance expertise that power building organizations need. The program reduces risk, strengthens compliance and capacity, and expands the strategies that nonprofits can use to win critical battles while protecting the tax status of the 501(c)(3).
2022-2023 Empower & Protect
In 2022, NLA, and The Capacity Shop (TCS), NLA’s affiliated 501(c)(3)TCS, expanded Empower & Protect to support all of Arizona’s BIPOC multi-entity power-building organizations and to serve reproductive and gender justice, immigrant rights, and crucial justice reform multi-entity power-building organizations.
Our 2022-2023 Empower & Protect Partners include :
Arizona: AZ Poder, AANHPI for Equity, Corazón, Equality Arizona, Fuerte Arts Movement
California: Chispa, La Defensa, Mi Familia Vota
North Carolina: Poder NC Action
Texas: Avow, Caldwell Hays Examiner
2020 Empower & Protect Program
In 2020, NLA and The Capacity Shop worked to launch pilot projects to provide state-specific solutions, resources, and infrastructure to meet the unique needs of hybrid organizations in three key states: Arizona, Wisconsin, and Georgia.
Our Program:
Empowered progressive organizations to form the legal entities they need to run bold programs for maximum impact.
Protected leaders from potential attacks and fines by helping them build infrastructure, expertise, and a culture of compliance in an election year.
Some of the organizations we supported include:
Arizona: Arizona Wins, Instituto, LUCHA, Mi Familia Vota, Case Action Fund, RAZE, Poder
Georgia: Asian American Advocacy Fund, Black Male Voter Project, Represent Georgia
Wisconsin: America Votes Wisconsin, Freedom Action, Law Forward, Race Class Narrative Project (WI), Wisdom Action Fund, Voces de la Frontera Action Fund
