Nonprofit Groups Organize New Efforts to Sway Lawmakers

As candidates around the country campaign in national, state, and local races, many nonprofits are gearing up to help charities make their case to those contenders. Among them:

Nonprofit Vote. George Pillsbury, executive director of the Boston group, which advises charities on advocacy efforts, says the most heavily downloaded resource on the group’s Web site is “A Nonprofit’s Guide to Hosting Candidate Forums.” In the past, he notes,