The Significance of 501(c) Status Among Environmental Nonprofits Engaged in Oil and Gas Policy Debates
This paper examines the advocacy activities of 30 environmental nonprofits engaged in oil and gas policy debates. Because 501(c)(3) organizations are restricted or prohibited from engaging in certain types of advocacy, the literature typically considers 501(c)(3) organizations service providers and...
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Midwest Public Affairs Conference
2022-07-01
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| description | This paper examines the advocacy activities of 30 environmental nonprofits engaged in oil and gas policy debates. Because 501(c)(3) organizations are restricted or prohibited from engaging in certain types of advocacy, the literature typically considers 501(c)(3) organizations service providers and 501(c)(4)s advocacy organizations. This study looks at whether this dichotomy holds among a group of organizations that actively advocates and examines the implications of 501(c) status. Data come from surveys of organizations active in hydraulic fracturing policy debates, along with organizations’ Form 990s and websites. Results obtained through statistical analyses and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) indicate that the environmental nonprofits actively advocate and report doing so relatively effectively. Furthermore, this research uncovers new patterns in advocacy tactics and the organizations that use them by analyzing advocacy participation and effectiveness separately and through QCA. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38475d0d57da4ab48865f5a7002cb3d82022-12-22T04:03:09ZengMidwest Public Affairs ConferenceJournal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs2381-37172022-07-018221723810.20899/jpna.8.2.217-238489The Significance of 501(c) Status Among Environmental Nonprofits Engaged in Oil and Gas Policy DebatesJennifer A. Kagan0University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaThis paper examines the advocacy activities of 30 environmental nonprofits engaged in oil and gas policy debates. Because 501(c)(3) organizations are restricted or prohibited from engaging in certain types of advocacy, the literature typically considers 501(c)(3) organizations service providers and 501(c)(4)s advocacy organizations. This study looks at whether this dichotomy holds among a group of organizations that actively advocates and examines the implications of 501(c) status. Data come from surveys of organizations active in hydraulic fracturing policy debates, along with organizations’ Form 990s and websites. Results obtained through statistical analyses and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) indicate that the environmental nonprofits actively advocate and report doing so relatively effectively. Furthermore, this research uncovers new patterns in advocacy tactics and the organizations that use them by analyzing advocacy participation and effectiveness separately and through QCA.https://www.jpna.org/index.php/jpna/article/view/559nonprofit advocacy501(c)environmental policy |
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| title | The Significance of 501(c) Status Among Environmental Nonprofits Engaged in Oil and Gas Policy Debates |
| title_full | The Significance of 501(c) Status Among Environmental Nonprofits Engaged in Oil and Gas Policy Debates |
| title_fullStr | The Significance of 501(c) Status Among Environmental Nonprofits Engaged in Oil and Gas Policy Debates |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Significance of 501(c) Status Among Environmental Nonprofits Engaged in Oil and Gas Policy Debates |
| title_short | The Significance of 501(c) Status Among Environmental Nonprofits Engaged in Oil and Gas Policy Debates |
| title_sort | significance of 501 c status among environmental nonprofits engaged in oil and gas policy debates |
| topic | nonprofit advocacy 501(c) environmental policy |
| url | https://www.jpna.org/index.php/jpna/article/view/559 |
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