Three Questions for Candidates for Office in 2022

With responses published for community leaders throughout your district

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Charitable nonprofits include groups like food banks, Habitat for Humanity, YMCAs, community health centers, churches, synagogues, hospices, crisis assistance agencies, school mentoring programs, hospitals, United Ways, community theatres, private schools and colleges, museums, domestic violence agencies, medical research organizations, Meals on Wheels, and child care centers.

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* Q1. Please tell us about your personal experiences with nonprofits. These may include experiences with any organizations that have served you and/or fellow residents of your community, or specific nonprofits for which you’ve served as a board member, staff person, volunteer, or donor. How do these experiences shape your policy positions? (Limit: 300 words)

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* Q2. If elected, what would be your top three policy priorities? (Limit: 250 words)

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* The Center advocates on public policy issues that affect North Carolina’s nonprofit sector and works with the NC General Assembly and North Carolina’s members of Congress to develop laws and policies that save nonprofits time and money, help nonprofits operate more effectively, and preserve the public’s trust in North Carolina’s nonprofit sector. Our policy agenda includes:

· Ensuring that all 501(c)(3) nonprofits are fully exempt from federal, state, and local taxes.
· Promoting new and expanded tax deductions and credits that encourage individuals and businesses to give generously to support their communities through the work of charitable nonprofits.
· Supporting policy solutions that will address the nonprofit workforce shortage, including increased funding to support jobs in the nonprofit sector and investment in accessible and affordable child care.
· Seeking solutions to long-standing challenges that nonprofits face when they provide public services through government grants and contracts, including late contracts, late payments, overly complicated application and reporting requirements, and underpayment for indirect costs.
· Promoting laws that will help nonprofits and businesses alike to provide affordable and high-quality health care and other benefits to their employees.

Q3. If elected, which of these policy goals would you support most enthusiastically, and why? (Limit: 250 words)

Thank you!

For more information about North Carolina’s nonprofit sector or policy issues that affect nonprofits, please contact David Heinen, dheinen@ncnonprofits.org.