POLICY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS: STRATEGIES, OUTCOMES, AND PERFORMANCE Sheldon Gen Amy Conley Wright  What do policy advocates do to influence public policy?  What are their competencies?  What are their expected outcomes?

DATA (THANKS TO RESEARCH SUPPORT FROM ORSP AND PROVOST) Case studies: 32  Local, state, and national advocacy  Varied policy issues: arts, civil rights, criminal justice, education, environment, health, urban development, utilities, war, youth, etc.  Interviews and document analyses  Q-methodology to identify common strategies National survey (500+)  Random sample among nonprofit advocacy organizations in US  Representative of local, state, and national advocacy; varied policy issues; varied sizes and scopes  Measures of advocacy resources, activities, targets, outcomes, performance measures  Qualtrics

ANALYSES, FINDINGS, NEXT STEPS Complete  Advocacy tactics: published 2013 Current  Advocacy strategies: evidence from Q- methodology  Advocacy in child welfare policy  Grant Foundation proposal on local child welfare funding Next  Characterizing advocacy nonprofits in US: evidence from national survey  Advocacy in environmental policy  Advocacy in civil rights policy  Advocacy in education policy  Book: nonprofits in policy advocacy