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Nonprofit growth rates: do policy advocacy organizations grow slower than direct organizations?

Nonprofits that do policy advocacy work speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. However, existing literature documents a number of barriers to nonprofit advocacy work that may be hindering the growth in these types of organizations. This study uses existing financial data from 2008-2011, from 8,074 nonprofit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington, D.C., and Indiana, to investigate if nonprofit advocacy organizations are growing slower than direct service organizations. Findings show that advocacy organizations do grow more slowly than direct service organizations, with the differences concentrated in Washington, D.C., and large organizations.

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