• How Nonprofits Helped America Vote: 2006
  
  
• Nonprofits are often located in and serve communities impacted most by lower voter participation.
  
  
• Nonprofits bring to bear a group of individuals strongly dedicated to changing their communities for the better and with the ability to make positive change.
  
  
• Nonprofits, as much as any other type of organization, have the credibility and respect necessary to reach out to discouraged or disengaged voters or people new to voting and politics.
  
  
• Nonprofits can protect citizens’ rights to register and to vote. Click here to read more.
  
  
• Nonprofits have a direct stake in the health and well-being of our democracy — government budgets and policies are driven by who votes.
  
  
• Nonprofits can fulfill their missions of individual empowerment and improvement by assisting them in voting — an act defined by self-efficacy.

Sources: “Nonprofits, Voting, & Elections: A Guide for 501(c)(3) Organizations On Non-Partisan Voter Participation And Education,” a publication of the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network; Mark Rosenman, “Nonprofits Should Help Get Out the Vote,” The Chronicle of Philanthropy.