Journal article
Institutionalizing delay: foundation funding and the creation of U.S. climate change counter-movement organizations
Climatic change, v 122(4), pp 681-694
2014
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Abstract
This paper conducts an analysis of the financial resource mobilization of the organizations that make up the climate change counter-movement (CCCM) in the United States. Utilizing IRS data, total annual income is compiled for a sample of CCCM organizations (including advocacy organizations, think tanks, and trade associations). These data are coupled with IRS data on philanthropic foundation funding of these CCCM organizations contained in the Foundation Center’s data base. This results in a data sample that contains financial information for the time period 2003 to 2010 on the annual income of 91 CCCM organizations funded by 140 different foundations. An examination of these data shows that these 91 CCCM organizations have an annual income of just over $900 million, with an annual average of $64 million in identifiable foundation support. The overwhelming majority of the philanthropic support comes from conservative foundations. Additionally, there is evidence of a trend toward concealing the sources of CCCM funding through the use of donor directed philanthropies.
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- Title
- Institutionalizing delay: foundation funding and the creation of U.S. climate change counter-movement organizations
- Creators
- Robert J. Brulle - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Climatic change, v 122(4), pp 681-694
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000331973200012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84908120798
- Other Identifier
- 991019167769804721
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