Reforming How Oregon Funds Nonprofits

Fund the People: A Podcast with Rusty Stahl

This episode offers a powerful example of how funders and nonprofits can collaborate and advocate to reform government contracting, so that it works better for the nonprofit sector and the nonprofit workforce.

You’ll learn how Mercedes Elizalde (Board member of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon), Felicita Monteblanco (Northwest Health Foundation) and others teamed up to advocate for state contracting reform, and how that resulted in them serving as members of the Governor’s Modernizing Grant Funding and Contracting Task Force.

Our powerful guests will help you gain an understanding of:

• How the nonprofit community can educate and influence our state governments;
• Advocacy strategies and tactics for influencing government; and
• Lessons-learned on the challenges and opportunities of legislative approaches to systems change.

Go to the page for this episode on our website for a transcript, links to the resources discussed in the episode, and speaker bios. Check out our library of past episodes and amazing guests on the podcast page on our website. You can also find our blog, toolkit, and other resources on the fundthepeople.org website⁠⁠.

Season 6 is sponsored by ⁠⁠Loftis Partners⁠⁠. They've launched the ⁠⁠Pay Equity Collective⁠⁠, a peer-learning experience for nonprofits seeking pathways to pay equity. Visit ⁠⁠payequitycollective.com⁠⁠ to learn more!