Funding policy advocacy involves working to achieve change in a particular cause area by seeking to influence public policy - including laws, regulations and government practices. It can be a very effective way to address the complex social and environmental challenges we confront.

For this reason there is a growing impetus for philanthropy to fund policy advocacy, something very evident at the Philanthropy Meets Parliament Summit in September 2017, which had a strong focus on policy advocacy.

To build on this momentum, Philanthropy Australia has produced this useful resource for philanthropic organisations interested in learning more about funding policy advocacy.

The report:

• Explains what policy advocacy is
• Outlines the rationale for philanthropy funding policy advocacy
• Sets out the law regarding funding policy advocacy
• Addresses some misconceptions, and
• Presents eight case studies of philanthropy funding policy advocacy