Presented by Lucila Lagace Lagaceconsulting com And Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations TANO August 9 2016 Agenda Nonprofits in South Texas Who Are We What is Changing ID: 816158
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Slide2State
of the Rio Grande Valley Nonprofit Sector
Presented by:Lucila Lagace, Lagaceconsulting.comAndTexas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO)
August 9, 2016
Slide3Agenda –
Nonprofits in South TexasWho Are We?What is Changing?How to Connect & Advocate your Mission in 2017
Slide4Passionate Nonprofit
Leader
Slide5Who are
We?29 types of organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c) Internal Revenue Codetwo primary categories of 501(c)(3) organizations:
private foundations and charitable nonprofits
Slide6Slide7Slide8Where are we
in our sector development?
Slide9We are Creating
a “Culture of Collaboration”Sector Unity Though Collective ImpactPublic Awareness and Advocacy of the “Uber -Duber Flywheel”
Long Term Relationships with Private Funders & InvestorsLeadership & Governance that is Engaged and Educated on Nonprofit Management & Social Innovation
Slide10Challenges and Opportunities
Public misconception of “Non Profit”Need for Local Professional Development & EducationSeizing instead of skipping Opportunities for Collaboration and Strategic PartnershipsNeed for Management Support Organizations (MSO)
Slide11How do we Compare
Slide12National
Numbers1,507,231 tax-exempt organizations in the U.S. (Source: NCCS Business Master File 2/2015)
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nonprofit sector employs 11.4 million people - that's 10.2 percent of the American workforce
If the global nonprofit sector were a country, it would have the sixteenth largest economy in the world
, according to GDP data compiled by the World Bank. In the United States, the nonprofit sector
contributed $878 billion to the economy
in 2012, or about 5.4 percent of our nation’s GDP.
Slide13Texas Nonprofit Sector 106, 770 in 2016
Slide14Economics
The 403,196 nonprofit employees in Texas earned nearly $16.8 billion wages in 2008, which translates into roughly $1.6 billion in state and local tax revenuesThis represents 3.8 percent of the total Texas workforce (or 1 out of every 26 workers) and 4.6 percent of the state’s private workforce (or 1 out of every 22 private workers). Nearly five times as many workers as the state’s oil and gas extraction industry;
Twenty percent more people than the entire Texas state government Texas Nonprofit Employment Update 2010: A Joint Product of the John Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies and OneStar Foundation – Texas Center for Social Impact
Slide15RGV Nonprofit Sector
1978 501c3s including support NPOs (NCCS)1390 Operating Public Charities (2016 IRS Master List)
170
Staffed, Sustainable Funding
, Engaged & Collaborating at Some Level
(Lagace Consulting
2009-2016
Analysis)
Slide16Rio Grande Valley Nonprofit
Sector (NCCS 2016)Hidalgo County 1,000 Cameron County 869 Starr County 68 Willacy County 41
Slide17What is Changing?
Slide18Funding – Impact Investing Funding – Internet Technology, Crowd Funding & Pokemon Go Funding – Social Justice Awareness & Outreach – Social
Media
Slide19Connecting and Advocating for our Missions
Slide20Advocacy Helps Us All Stand for our Missions
Expect more regulatory legislation affecting nonprofit sectorWe must Mobilize sector, harnessing relationships and impacting policy makingWe must Track Texas legislative activity affecting nonprofit sector
Slide21Arguably, the most important public policies we have in the United States have come from nonprofit organizations lobbying for their causes…. These achievements may be largely attributed to the strong leadership of executive directors and board members who knew that direct service alone would not change the flawed or missing public policies that contributed to the problems their organizations were trying to alleviate.
--David F. Arons, in Nonprofit Governance and Management
Slide22Federal Law Protects Nonprofit Advocacy
Nonprofit advocacy and lobbying are perfectly legal. But don’t feel like you have to believe us – read for yourself how the U.S. Constitution, Congress, and the IRS have protected the rights of nonprofits to engage in advocacy and legislative lobbying.The Free & Easy 501(h) Election Sometimes called the best, easiest, and cheapest insurance in America, this little known form can simplify life for most 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofits advancing their missions through advocacy.Benefits of Filing the 501(h) Election For most charitable nonprofits, electing the expenditure test by filing Form 5768 will provide many benefits, including that it’s easier and safer.
Slide23Nonprofits & Elections
Nonprofits, Voting and Elections Online Guide Nonprofits have a special role to play in increasing voter turnout. Learn about the range of permissible nonpartisan activities in the guide, Nonprofits, Voting & Elections.Nonprofit VOTE http://www.nonprofitvote.org/
Slide24Texas Legislature
Slide25State Recommendations
Creation of a senior Executive Branch Liaison to the Nonprofit SectorThe commitment of governments and nonprofit providers to collaborate in streamlining and reforming the existing dysfunctional contracting systems Collaboration between state and local governments and nonprofit contractors and granteesCreation of bi-partisan Nonprofit Caucuses in State Legislatures to serve as resources for information on the nonprofit sector through which lawmakers can work together on legislative and regulatory issues impacting charitable nonprofits and the people they serve in their states and tap ideas and solutions tested in the real world by organizations dedicated to serving their communities.
https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/public-policy-agenda
Slide26Impact: A Little History
H.B. 492 - Task Force on Strengthening Nonprofit Capacity (81st Legislature)H.B. 1965 - Task Force on Improving Relations with Nonprofits (82nd Legislature)S.B. 993 – relating to the creation of the Texas Nonprofit Council to assist with faith and community-based initiatives
(83rd Legislature)
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th Legislative Nonprofit HighlightsSB 200 PASSED: The original Senate version of SB 200 carried the repeal of Gov. Code Section 535.055, which created the Texas Nonprofit Council, an advisory board with crossagency responsibilities to promote the nonprofit sector generally. The final version of SB 200 removed this repealer language and, thus, the council will continue its role. Status: Effective 9-1-15
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th Legislative Nonprofit HighlightsState agency fee collection check-offs will generate charitable donations for groups and causes favored by the legislatureSB
272: As part of registering a motor vehicle and paying fees, a revised DMV form permits a donation of additional funds to the Special Olympics.HB 3710: When applying for a license to carry a concealed handgun, the state form will include space to donate additional funds to a veteran’s assistance fund managed by the state.
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th Legislative Nonprofit HighlightsHB 583 PASSED: Judges can now require a criminal defendant to make a contribution to food bank charitable organizations in lieu of performing community service work hours as a condition of probation sentencing. The bill adds veterans charitable organizations as eligible recipients under §42.12, Section 16(f), Code of Criminal Procedure. Status: Effective 9-1-15
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th Legislative Nonprofit HighlightsHB 1558 PASSED: Prevents a city from enacting an ordinance that prevents a religious organization from maintaining an overnight shelter program in a church for homeless children. Status: Effective 9-1-15
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th Legislative Nonprofit HighlightsSB 31 PASSED (=HB 103, HB 105): Volunteer firefighter or EMS organizations will be able to hold up to ten fundraising sales or auctions per year that are tax-exempt sales events (amending Texas Tax Code §151.310 that permits fewer such events). Status: Effective 5-28-15
Slide32www.nonprofitlawandpolicy.com
84th Texas Legislature, 2015 Regular SessionSUMMARY OF ISSUES AFFECTING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS June 25, 2015 Final Report Compiled by Richard W. Meyer, Attorney at Law and TANO advisor. READ IT ALL
Slide33What will you advocate for this legislative session?
Who will you educate and inform?What policies would help you achieve your mission?
Slide34The State of the RGV Nonprofit Sector is
STRONGWe Are Stronger Together
Slide35We need more local research:
Be on the look out for the survey & interviews this FallDoes leadership style affect organizational effectiveness in South Texas nonprofit organizations?
By: Desiree Mendez, PhD – COur Lady of the Lake University - RGV
Slide36RESOURCES
www.tano.orghttps://www.councilofnonprofits.org/Texas Nonprofits By Countyhttp://nccsweb.urban.org/PubApps/geoCounties.php?q=TX
http://texascbar.org/nonprofits/http://standforyourmission.org/
Slide37www.Tano.org
Representing Texas Nationally https://www.councilofnonprofits.org
Slide38Want more? Keep
in Touch. LUCILA LAGACE, The Nonprofit Girl512- 348-7378Email: lagaceconsulting@gmail.com
Website: www.lagaceconsulting.comFB: /nonprofitgirl Twitter: @txnpgirlInstagram: TheNPGirl