Foundations, Organizational Maintenance, and Partisan Asymmetry

Health or Politics? Organizational Maintenance in the AAFP

“…A concern with organizational maintenance -that is, with the way that organizations perpetuate themselves and manage members-is apparent in parallel literatures across the social sciences (Lawrence and Suddaby 2006;Teles 2016;Wilson 1995). In particular, organizational theorists have recently given attention to the ways that members of organizations may purposively maintain, reproduce, and repair organizations and institutions through practices (Langley et al 2013;Lok and de Rond 2013;Hussenot and Missonier 2016;Lawrence and Suddaby 2006;Lawrence, Suddaby, and Leca 2009;Dacin and Dacin 2008).…”

The Role of University Crown Foundations in Higher Education Policy: A Cross-Canada Study (1984–1998)

“…Neither of these are benign or apolitical functions. In a collection of articles on the politics of foundations in the United States, Teles (2016) argues that the character of funding sources, including the organizational form particular to foundations, and their political preferences determine the allocation of resources and foundations' strategic choices.…”

Shifting Notions of Philanthropy: Themes in Scholarship and Practice

“…Comparing advocacy groups, Hertel-Fernandez (2016) argued that because conservative donors have built stronger networks, they have achieved greater success than liberals in changing policies. Relatedly, by ensuring their favored recipients face fewer organizational challenges, funders can strengthen the competitiveness of their policy network (Teles 2016). These findings raise questions about the democratic nature of philanthropy.…”

“…To encourage giving, several scholars note the importance of the institutional environment, which may promote certain types of giving (Mosley and Galaskiewicz 2015) and grant legitimacy, particularly among foundations (Teles 2016; Toepler 1998; Woods 1999). Using a longitudinal analysis of grant making following welfare reform, Mosley and Galaskiewicz (2015) found that institutional giving is similarly influenced by government policy, at least at the state level, where policy changes spur large and independent foundations to give grants for social innovations within their own states, whereas corporate or independent foundations supported social needs across state lines.…”