Proactive or Protective? Dimensions of and Advocacy Activities Associated with Reported Policy Change by Nonprofit Organizations

Buffardi, Anne L.; Pekkanen, Robert; Smith, Steven Rathgeb

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“…First, it explores the effect of government funding on nonprofits in a non-Western context and in a country with a weak tradition of civil society. The existing study examines the positive or negative effect of government funding on nonprofits’ roles in the western world (Alexander et al, 1999; Brown & Troutt, 2004; Buffardi et al, 2017; Silverman & Patterson, 2011). Nevertheless, the prior literature rarely adopts the perspective of government strategy to explain the effects of government funding on the service and advocacy roles of nonprofit organizations under the authoritarian regime.…”

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“…Many prior studies on nonprofit–government relationships examine the effect of government funding on nonprofit organizations. In the context of Western countries, an extensive body of research has discussed the promise and peril in the strengthening of nonprofits’ financial ties to governments (e.g., Alexander et al, 1999; Brown & Troutt, 2004; Buffardi et al, 2017; Grønbjerg, 1993; Silverman & Patterson, 2011), with particular attention to the effects of government funding on policy advocacy activities (see Almog-Bar & Schmid, 2014, for a recent review). By contrast, in non-Western settings, due to their unique regulatory environments, different regimes may demonstrate different patterns in the effects of government funding on nonprofit roles and functions.…”

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Understanding the Effect of Central Government Funding on the Service and Advocacy Roles of Nonprofit Organizations in China: A Cross-Regional Comparison

Shen

2019

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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This research examines the effects of government funding on the service and advocacy roles of nonprofit organizations in China through a cross-regional comparison. Based on a nationwide survey of 2,058 nonprofits and in-depth interviews with 65 nonprofit executives from the same sample in 2013–2017, we find that a higher level of central government funding leads to stronger organizational capacity for service provision through leveraging matching funds and to more intensive administrative advocacy and media advocacy. Furthermore, a cross-regional comparison shows that, in contrast to those in nonwestern regions, nonprofit organizations with higher levels of central government funding in the western region engage in more administrative advocacy but less in media advocacy. Taken together, these findings highlight the importance of the government’s leverage strategy and selective empowerment in shaping nonprofits’ service and advocacy roles through government funding in China.

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Understanding the Effect of Central Government Funding on the Service and Advocacy Roles of Nonprofit Organizations in China: A Cross-Regional Comparison

Shen

2019

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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“…Third, advocacy strategies of nonprofit coalitions are more successful in influencing policy than those of individual organizations. Nonprofit coalitions often have intensive and frequent contact with and access to government officials and staff, and they may be perceived as more influential than an individual organization (Fyall & McGuire, 2015), as well as motivated by societal benefit rather than organizational survival (Buffardi et al, 2018).…”

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Nonprofit Advocacy Coalitions in Times of COVID-19: Brokerage, Crowdfunding, and Advocacy Roles

Raeymaeckers

Puyvelde

2021

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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This article analyzes the roles an advocacy coalition undertakes to support nonprofit organizations to cope with the challenges caused by lockdown and physical distance measures to stop COVID-19. We find that social workers and nonprofit members of the coalition created different kinds of solutions and innovative practices to support vulnerable target groups when confronted with the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting lockdown regulations. In particular, we show that the coalition was pushed to diversify its activities, leading to the development of three roles: a direct and indirect advocacy role, a brokerage role to provide information on new practices, and a crowdfunding role to provide finances for material aid. We conclude by emphasizing the implications of our analysis for both theory and practice.

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“…In fact, many 501(c)3 public charities are wary of engaging in advocacy and lobbying for fear of losing tax exempt status or becoming too entangled in politics, which could tarnish reputations and lead to a decline in donations (Bass et al 2007;Berry and Arons 2005;Fyall and Allard 2017). On the other hand, nonprofit advocacy organizations and philanthropic foundations are increasingly engaged in the policymaking process (Buffardi, Pekkanen, and Smith 2017;Grønbjerg and Prakash 2016;LeRoux 2009LeRoux , 2011; LeRoux and Krawczyk 2014).…”

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Exploring Public Perceptions of Nonprofit Policy Advocacy

Bell

Fryar

Johnson

2020

Nonprofit Policy Forum

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Research on nonprofit advocacy has grown in recent years, and many nonprofit organizations have expanded and refined their efforts to influence public policies in ways they believe will benefit society. Despite the growing body of literature on nonprofit advocacy, there is substantial room for development on questions related to public perceptions of nonprofit advocacy activities. Utilizing an experimental design, we examine the ways in which the involvement of a nonprofit organization in the policy process can shift public opinion regarding a specific policy proposal. We also explore how these perceptions vary when we introduce political conflict that questions the effectiveness of the proposed policy. We find that in the absence of political controversy, the involvement of nonprofits in the policy process can significantly increase positive perceptions, relative to the control condition in which there is no mention on nonprofit involvement. However, we also find that the ways in which nonprofit involvement could boost support for a policy proposal may not hold when there is conflict over the policy in question.

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Proactive or Protective? Dimensions of and Advocacy Activities Associated with Reported Policy Change by Nonprofit Organizations

Cited by 24 publications

References 41 publications

Understanding the Effect of Central Government Funding on the Service and Advocacy Roles of Nonprofit Organizations in China: A Cross-Regional Comparison

Understanding the Effect of Central Government Funding on the Service and Advocacy Roles of Nonprofit Organizations in China: A Cross-Regional Comparison

Nonprofit Advocacy Coalitions in Times of COVID-19: Brokerage, Crowdfunding, and Advocacy Roles

Exploring Public Perceptions of Nonprofit Policy Advocacy

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