Navigating state and federal funding
This module focuses on different avenues of advocacy for state and federal funding and wrap-up.
DATE
May 29, 2026
TIME
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
VENUE
PRESENTERS
Managing Director at Envoy
Salomon Moreno-Rosa
Salomon is a Managing Director at Envoy. He uses his background and expertise in nonprofit administration and policy development to inform inclusive hiring, philanthropy, and strategic planning engagements that help drive organizational goals and advance local outcomes.
Alejandra Piers-Torres
Manager at Envoy
Alejandra is a Manager of Strategy & Philanthropy at Envoy. She brings experience in local government, public/private partnerships, and program development to support social impact initiatives. Alejandra holds a BA in International Relations and Hispanic Studies from Brown University.
Rothschild Toussaint
Associate at Envoy
Rothschild is an Associate in the Strategy & Philanthropy sector at Envoy. He brings experience in economic development, affordable housing, research, and policy analysis. He employs a mixed methods research and data-driven approach to tackling social challenges. He holds a BA in Economic Geography from Dartmouth College.
Session Agenda
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Welcome & Agenda
- Overview of Last Session
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​Module 3: Navigating State and Federal Funding
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​Closing and Next Steps​
Resources
Roadmap for Aligning Funding Priorities
This document outlines a strategic approach or aligning state and local entities with federal funding opportunities, particularly under programs like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. It provides actionable recommendations for improving readiness, capacity building, cross-agency collaboration, and community engagement to secure and implement federal investments effectively. The report also includes planning tools and checklists to guide funding alignment with state priorities and equity goals.
Data Preservation
This guidelines provides a comprehensive framework for preserving at-risk environmental and climate data. It covers planning, imaging, digitization, quality control, and metadata creation, with a focus on standardizing processes across institutions. The guide emphasizes the importance of data rescue for maintaining long-term scientific integrity and supporting informed decision-making.
This guide offers a step-by-step workflow for rescuing and preserving at-risk federal datasets. It includes methods for identifying vulnerable data, using web archiving tools like the Wayback Machine, documenting metadata, and organizing rescue events. The document emphasizes collaboration, open access, and the urgency of safeguarding data critical to environmental and public policy.
This report highlights how political interference and inadequate funding jeopardize the integrity of federal statistics and public data systems. It discusses specific risks to data access and quality, outlines the societal importance of trusted data, and provides recommendations for strengthening the resilience and transparency of U.S. data infrastructure.
This peer-reviewed paper defines "data rescue" as identifying, preserving, and sharing valuable but at-risk environmental data. It outlines a 7-step process—prioritization, team creation, metadata development, compilation, cleaning, archiving, and sharing—and underscores the importance of open science and ethical data stewardship (e.g., Indigenous data sovereignty). It uses real case studies to illustrate the scientific and financial costs of data loss and the benefits of long-term preservation.
Developing a Multi-year advocacy and Funding Strategy
This self-assessment tool helps nonprofit organizations evaluate their current advocacy capacity and readiness. It includes checklists and rating scales across leadership, strategy, partnerships, communications, and policy influence. The tool encourages organizations to identify strengths and areas for growth to improve advocacy outcomes over time.
This guide outlines a practical process for building effective advocacy strategies, including identifying goals, conducting internal and external assessments, mapping stakeholders, and planning actions. It includes worksheets and templates to guide users through strategy formulation and execution, with attention to power dynamics, messaging, and measuring success.
This toolkit focuses on designing and managing policy advocacy campaigns from start to finish. It covers theory of change development, stakeholder and risk analysis, communications planning, and monitoring and evaluation. It’s especially useful for civil society organizations looking to align long-term goals with political and policy realities.
Designed for agencies and direct service providers, this toolkit provides a step-by-step guide for launching advocacy efforts in support of mission-aligned policy change. It includes planning checklists, communication strategies, staff engagement tips, and advocacy event planning templates, tailored for organizations newer to policy work.
This robust toolkit supports nonprofits in building internal advocacy capacity, engaging elected officials, and influencing policy. It offers practical tools such as meeting scripts, policy engagement plans, and coalition-building strategies. The guide promotes relationship-based advocacy aligned with organizational mission and values.
This framework walks users through 10 key steps of effective advocacy planning, from issue selection and stakeholder targeting to partnership development and evaluation. It includes interactive worksheets and templates that help users align goals with action, while tracking progress and adapting as needed. Designed with public health in mind, it’s flexible across sectors.
Strategy Data Rescue and Preservation Initiatives
The Data Rescue Project is a grassroots initiative launched in response to the potential loss of public federal data, particularly related to climate, environmental, and scientific research. It offers tools, guides, and event kits to help volunteers and organizations organize "data rescue" events, archive vulnerable datasets, and promote open access to government information.
EnviroDataGov is the official site of the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI), a research and advocacy group focused on federal environmental data access, policy monitoring, and public accountability. It provides reports, data justice resources, policy briefs, and documentation of changes to public environmental data during political transitions.
FindLostData.org is a searchable public archive for datasets rescued from at-risk government websites. It serves as a decentralized repository cataloging federal data (e.g., from EPA, NOAA, USDA) that may have been altered, removed, or hidden, helping researchers, journalists, and the public re-access critical information.
This BlueSky page serves as a curated starter pack for newcomers to the Data Rescue Project. It compiles quick-start guides, mission overviews, volunteer opportunities, and links to key tools and resources needed to support data preservation efforts, particularly for those organizing or joining local rescue events.