How Dark Is It? An Investigation of Dark Money Operations in U.S. Nonprofit Political Advocacy Organizations
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 13038397 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Renee A Irvin (0000-0001-5038-1591, University of Oregon, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 101-129 |
| Data de publicação | 2023-03-22 |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Nonprofit Policy Forum (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2154-3348 • E-ISSN: 2194-6035 |
| Editora | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/npf-2022-0032 |
| OpenAlex | W4353044171 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 32 |
Claims of dark money influence on U.S. political activity are heard from both left- and right-leaning media, both accusing the other side of undue influence from high net worth political donors on American politics. This article explores the issues of donor control, transparency, and publicness of economic policy advocacy organizations. The study focuses on social welfare nonprofit organizations active in economic policy advocacy, utilizing tax filings to compose an index of transparency based on observed characteristics such as; website verbiage, board size, staffing, fundraising spending, relations to other organizations, and other indicators. All of these variables measure legal behavior, yet as L.H. Mayer describes, some organizations appear to be stretching the boundaries of the rules so egregiously as to be in violation of legal rules, with “little fear of negative consequences” (2018, 194). Organizational tactics can reflect a disinterest in public engagement, or worse, a deliberate attempt to keep the organization’s operations opaque. It is impossible to observe, with current policy, the identity of the donors. Given an index as proposed in this article, however, observers can rank organizations on a scale indicating transparent or opaque characteristics
Business · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Scale (ratio · Staffing · Transparency (behavior · Welfare · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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Nonprofit Organizations and Political Advocacy
Grassroots for Hire
Think Tank Soldiers in the Battle for Tax Reform
Institutional dynamics and party think tank development
Saving the dangerous idea
Think Tanks
Proactive or Protective? Dimensions of and Advocacy Activities Associated with Reported Policy Change by Nonprofit Organizations
Advances in Research on Nonprofit Advocacy and Civic Engagement
Nonprofit Lobbying Strategy
Ifeoma Okoye
Organizational Resources and Environmental Incentives
Quantitative differences in think tank dissemination activities in Germany, Denmark and the UK
NGO research program
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Advocacy Organizations in the U.S. Political Process
Think Tanks in America
British Think-Tanks and Their Collaborative and Communicative Networks
Strategies of Policy Advocacy Organizations and Their Theoretical Affinities
The Changing World of Think Tanks
Policy Plutocrats
In Support of "Single-Issue" Politics
Producing Social Capital
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