The Scale and Growth of NGOs, Charities and Voluntary Organisations

Hilton, Matthew; Crowson, Nick; Mouhot, Jean-François

doi:10.1057/9781137029027_2

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“…Since the 1970s, the environmental movement in the United Kingdom has experienced widespread growth in the number of organizations working on environmental issues ranging from environmental conservation and protection to climate change (Berny & Rootes, 2018; Hilton et al, 2012). However, there is a lingering concern among ENGOs over the appropriate strategies for accumulating the organizational resources required to survive over time (Berny & Rootes, 2018).…”

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“…The second wave of the environmental movement began in the 1970s, with a change in focus from environmental protection to addressing the consequences of industrial pollution (Dalton, 1994; Saunders, 2012). This wave included the founding of new organizations (such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace) as well as an increase in the organizational resources (income and membership) available to groups working on environmental issues (Berny & Rootes, 2018; Hilton et al, 2012).…”

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Penalty or Payoff? Diversity of Tactics and Resource Mobilization Among Environmental Organizations

Chewinski

Corrigall‐Brown

2022

American Behavioral Scientist

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Environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) need resources in order to mount campaigns and ensure their stability over time. What is the most effective strategy to attract these resources? Building upon research on social movement strategy and resource mobilization, we examine how a diversity of income sources, tactics, and issue focus affects three measures of mobilization outcomes: income, staff, and members. We examine these relationships using a unique panel data set of ENGOs in the UK collected by the Environmental Funders Network in 2013 and 2016. Our analyses show that using a more diverse range of tactics in wave 1 is associated with mobilizing more staff and members in wave 2. However, there is no significant penalty or payoff for groups that engage in issue or income diversification. We argue that diversifying tactics benefits organizations by helping them accrue the necessary human resources required for environmental action.

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