Renee Irvin, Associate Professor, School of Planning, Public Policy & Management
Renee Irvin
Associate Professor, School of Planning, Public Policy & Management; Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management Program Director
University of Oregon
Quotes from Renee Irvin for use:
“Billionaire Barre Seid recently gave his $1.6B fortune away to a nonprofit funding conservative causes including resistance to climate change initiatives. The Chouinards’ gift to 501(c)(4) Holdfast Collective, together with Jeff Bezos’ $2B Earth Fund, will allow them to go beyond the normal 501c3 limits on lobbying/advocacy, and aggressively fund campaigns, media pushes, and any other social movement-building and policy innovations that could result in significant progress on climate change mitigation.”
“This level of influence is in the hands of the billionaires – their prior success as entrepreneurs allows them now to be policy entrepreneurs.”
“Patagonia’s history of giving for grassroots environmental activism can now scale up in a big way. Grassroots activists are as needed as ever before, but the 501c4 action from an organization this large can have an effect at the legislative level.”
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