A nonprofit is not allowed the same political influence as a for profit. Mostly what nonprofits can do is advocacy which comes in the form of education. They can lose their nonprofit status if they openly support a particular political person, party or issue. Some faith based organizations lost their nonprofit status during a recent election when it was proved that they were politicizing from the pulpit. However Congress has recently relaxed some of the rules which allows for what may appear as lobbying efforts of nonprofits.
Under Section 4911(c)(2) of the Code, the maximum allowable annual lobbying is the sum of: 20% of the first $500,000 of an organization's exempt purpose expenditures, plus. 15% of the second $500,000 of such expenditures, plus but even these efforts are still limited as to what is allowable.
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