Pennsylvania’s Charitable Nonprofit Caucus Information

ICYMI (In case you missed it), lawmakers and nonprofit professionals relaunched Pennsylvania’s Charitable Nonprofit Caucus on June 21, 2023. Co-chaired by Representatives Abigail Salisbury and Joe Hogan as well as Senators Jay Costa and Lynda Schlegel Culver, this bicameral, bipartisan caucus will help ensure that PA's nonprofit community has the legislative support we need to carry out our critical missions. 

What this means is that all nonprofits – regardless of size:

· Will be at the table to develop legislative and regulatory solutions to the challenging issues we are collectively seeking to address.

· Will have the legislative support we need to carry out our missions.

As Representative Salisbury shared during the June 21 press conference, "the work of charitable nonprofits touches nearly every aspect of community life. These organizations also create hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania jobs and play a huge role in supporting local businesses. As legislators, we need to do everything we can to keep these catalysts for good growing and thriving." The purpose of this caucus is to do just that - "bring together lawmakers on both sides of the aisle" to make sure nonprofits are "supported, funded, and set up for success". 

In the coming days, PANO will be working with Caucus Leadership to develop structure and processes for nonprofits – like you – to easily access this critical resource. 

ACTION NEEDED:

Because this is an opportunity we don’t want to miss, we are asking you to reach out to your state representative and senator – particularly those who champion your work – to ask them to serve on this important caucus. 

·        To find your state senator/representative, click here – and type in the address of your organization. 

Before you reach out:

Check whether or not your state senator and/or representative have already joined. If they have, please reach out to thank them for doing so and note how important it is to you that they see the value of nonprofit community. 

If they have not yet joined, suggested language includes:

Because you support of that work that we do at [name your organization], we ask that you consider joining your colleagues on Pennsylvania’s Charitable Nonprofit Caucus. This bicameral, bipartisan caucus is co-chaired by Representatives Abigail Salisbury and Joe Hogan, as well as Senators Jay Costa and Lynda Schlegel Culver.

We believe that you can help us and other nonprofits in our district to get the legislative support we need to carry out our mission. To join this nonprofit caucus, please reach out to any of the caucus chairs to let them know that you would like to join. 

Thank you for helping to ensure Pennsylvania's Charitable Nonprofit Caucus is as strong and impactful as can be! To learn more about the Caucus, please reach out to PANO Executive Director, Anne Gingerich, at anne@pano.org.