--- title: BoardSource Blog - The Leader in Nonprofit Board Governance | Stand for Your Mission description: Stand for Your Mission | Nonprofit governance blog devoted to best practices and committed to inspiring nonprofit board service --- ![Blog-0216.jpg](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_photos/Blog-0216.jpg?width=1400&name=Blog-0216.jpg "Blog-0216.jpg") [![Blog-header-logo.png](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_photos/Blog-header-logo.png?width=360&name=Blog-header-logo.png "Blog-header-logo.png")](https://boardsource.org) [Back to blog homepage](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog) [![rowers in a boat](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/advocacy%20blog%20judy%20image.jpg)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/nonprofits-must-advocate) ## [Nonprofits Must Advocate](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/nonprofits-must-advocate) Posted by [Janet Levinger and Judy Reckelhoff](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/janet-levinger-and-judy-reckelhoff) on Aug 11, 2020, 11:19:02 AM This blog is republished from[Leading Well](https://leadingwell.org/2020/08/06/nonprofits-must-advocate/), where last week Janet Levinger interviewed BoardSource Chief of Staff Judy Reckelhoff about advocacy and nonprofit boards.  ### **Advocacy Is Essential to Fulfill Your Mission and Serve Your Communities** Today’s post is the third in a series about board... [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/nonprofits-must-advocate) Topics: [Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/advocacy), [Stand for Your Mission](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/stand-for-your-mission) [![Children's Advocacy Centers of Tennessee](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/S4ym-award-Header3.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-successful-advocacy-a-qa-with-the-2019-stand-for-your-mission-award-winner) ## [Behind the Scenes of Successful Advocacy: A Q&A with the 2019 Stand for Your Mission Award Winner](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-successful-advocacy-a-qa-with-the-2019-stand-for-your-mission-award-winner) Posted by [Nick Cafferky](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/nick-cafferky) on Dec 10, 2019, 12:47:15 PM *BoardSource is thrilled to announce the winner of our 2019 Stand for Your Mission Award: [Children’s Advocacy Centers of Tennessee](http://www.cactn.org/). It will receive $5,000 to support its advocacy work. Below is a short Q&A with the organization’s board chair, Joyce Prusak, on some of the thinking that went into the...* [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-successful-advocacy-a-qa-with-the-2019-stand-for-your-mission-award-winner) Topics: [The Board’s Role in Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/the-boards-role-in-advocacy), [Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/advocacy), [Stand for Your Mission](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/stand-for-your-mission) [![Stand For Your Mission | Awards Finalists Announcement](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/Blog-Award.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/and-the-finalists-for-the-2019-stand-for-your-mission-award-are-) ## [Advocacy in Action: The 2019 Stand for Your Mission Award Finalists](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/and-the-finalists-for-the-2019-stand-for-your-mission-award-are-) Posted by [Nick Cafferky](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/nick-cafferky) on Nov 19, 2019, 2:48:16 PM Earlier this year, BoardSource announced that it was accepting submissions for the 2019 Stand for Your Mission Award — a chance for nonprofit boards all over the country to show how they have used advocacy to advance their missions and help their communities. The winner of the award will receive... [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/and-the-finalists-for-the-2019-stand-for-your-mission-award-are-) Topics: [Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/advocacy), [Stand for Your Mission](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/stand-for-your-mission) [![S4YM awards](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/Content_Marketing_Images/S4ym-awards.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/how-treehouse-used-advocacy-to-advance-its-mission-and-win-last-years-stand-4-your-mission-awards) ## [How Treehouse Used Advocacy to Advance its Mission and Win Last Year's Stand for Your Mission Awards](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/how-treehouse-used-advocacy-to-advance-its-mission-and-win-last-years-stand-4-your-mission-awards) Posted by [Dawn Rains](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/dawn-rains) on Jan 17, 2019, 1:07:52 PM *Treehouse was the winner of the 2018 Stand for Your Mission Award for successfully advancing its mission through establishing advocacy as an expectation for engaged and effective board leadership. In this post, we learn how the organization continues to achieve its goals through advocacy. * [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/how-treehouse-used-advocacy-to-advance-its-mission-and-win-last-years-stand-4-your-mission-awards) Topics: [Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/advocacy), [Stand for Your Mission](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/stand-for-your-mission) [![S4ym-awards.png](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/Content_Marketing_Images/S4ym-awards.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/stand-for-your-mission-awards-announcing-the-finalists) ## [Stand for Your Mission Awards: Announcing the Finalists](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/stand-for-your-mission-awards-announcing-the-finalists) Posted by [BoardSource](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/boardsource) on Mar 8, 2018, 1:30:00 PM BoardSource created the [Stand for Your Mission](http://www.standforyourmission.org) Awards to recognize nonprofit boards that have established advocacy as an expectation for engaged and effective board leadership, and, by doing so, are helping their organizations realize their missions. [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/stand-for-your-mission-awards-announcing-the-finalists) Topics: [The Board’s Role in Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/the-boards-role-in-advocacy), [Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/advocacy), [Stand for Your Mission](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/stand-for-your-mission), [board engagement](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/board-engagement), [collaboration](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/collaboration) [![](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/blog_photos/cal-img.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/january-advocacy-fundraising-brand) ## [BoardSource in January: Advocacy, Fundraising Effectiveness, and Our New Look](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/january-advocacy-fundraising-brand) Posted by [Erin Berry](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/erin-berry) on Feb 3, 2017, 10:43:17 AM It may appear — due to the fact that we haven’t posted much — that January was a quiet, uneventful month at BoardSource. But nothing could be further from the truth. The first 31 days of 2017 were quite busy, and we are excited about it! [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/january-advocacy-fundraising-brand) Topics: [BoardSource](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/boardsource), [Advocacy](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/advocacy), [Stand for Your Mission](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/stand-for-your-mission), [Fundraising](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/fundraising), [Measuring Fundraising Effectiveness](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/measuring-fundraising-effectiveness) [![](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/blog_photos/RIA_Main_Street_Advocacy_Day.jpg)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/advocacy-from-the-trenches) ## [Nine Lessons from a Nonprofit Advocacy Win](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/advocacy-from-the-trenches) Posted by [Danielle M. Henry](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/danielle-m-henry) on Jul 13, 2016, 10:56:34 AM I live in a community where we know each other by name, use Twitter to help each other's locate lost pets, and shovel each other’s sidewalks after storms. I feel blessed to have such a close-knit environment while still living in a large, often impersonal city like DC. I am passionate about my... 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