Legislative Outreach: Prior to the day of the Forum, Executive Director Lynn Hoffmann, accompanied by Steve Peterson and Board Secretary Mark Falconer, met with key members of legislative and made presentations to two germane committees:
House Leadership meetings: Speaker Denney and Minority Leader Rusche. Representatives Moyle, Bedke, Roberts.
Senate Leadership meetings: President Pro Tem Hill and Senators Malepeai, Bock, Stennett and Corder.
House Business Committee presentation: Chair Black, Vice Chair Henderson, Representatives Collins, Bilbao, Chadderdon, Crane, Patrick, Bayer, Palmer, Thompson, Barbieri, DeMordaunt, Guthrie, Batt, Smith, Rusche, and Cronin.
Senate Commerce & Human Resource Committee presentation: Chair Andreason, Vice Chair McKague, Senators Cameron, Goedde, Smyser, Tippets, Johnson, Stennett, and Schmidt.
Three requests were made of legislators on behalf of Nonprofit Center members:
1. Recognize the economic role nonprofits play and the value we bring to Idaho communities
• Community-based/on-the-ground perspective
• Subject matter expertise
• Manpower
• Ability to positively contribute to state advisory committees and commissions
2. Support the information and data collection on the nonprofit sector
• Dept of Labor statistics on employment
• Dept of Commerce statistics on GSP
• Government contracting
3. Continue to support a tax policy that rewards charitable giving
• Individual contributions on state tax return
New Nonprofit Center Speakers Bureau: To build public awareness about the economic impact of the nonprofit sector, participants, by general consensus, called for the creation of a Nonprofit Center Speakers Bureau which would be available to make presentations in local communities.
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