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Standing up for nonprofits : advocacy on federal, sector-wide issues /

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This Element examines the recent history of nonprofit sector-wide advocacy at the federal level, focusing on work done by national nonprofit infrastructure organizations and national charities, to advocate on issues, such as tax incentives for charitable giving, that affect a broad range of nonprofi...

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Main Authors: Abramson, Alan J. (Author), Soskis, Benjamin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Series:Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration.
Subjects:
Nonprofit organizations > United States.
Charities > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Major, Federal, Sector-Wide Advocacy Organizations
  • Sector-Wide Issues
  • Sector-Wide Advocacy Resources and Tactics
  • Effective Nonprofit Sector Advocacy: Grasstops Strategy
  • Two Conceptions of Sector-Wide Advocacy: Special versus Public Interest
  • Challenges: Cultivating Champions and Navigating Partisanship
  • The Fracturing of Advocacy Infrastructure and the Growth of Issue-Based Coalitions
  • Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: A Case Study
  • Post-TCJA Revisions and Reassessments
  • Sector-Wide Advocacy in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
  • Sector-Wide Advocacy and Philanthropic Reform
  • State- and Local-Level Advocacy on Sector-Wide Issues
  • Recommendations for Enhancing Sector-Wide Advocacy
  • Conclusion.