Tag: Nonprofits

British charity Oxfam's deputy chief executive on Monday resigned amid a scandal involving sex abuse in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
(Nick Ansell/PA via AP, file)

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Don’t condemn Oxfam for their sexual abuse, condemn them because they want to keep poor people in poverty

Tim Worstall · February 12, 2018 10:19 pm

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., recently introduced legislation that would bar the IRS from collecting Schedule B forms, as well as the "name, address, or other identifying information" of donors to 501(c) organizations, otherwise known as nonprofits. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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How about a little bipartisanship to protect nonprofits and privacy?

Eric Peterson · February 7, 2018 11:23 pm

A Thursday court ruling marked, the last of the pending cases brought against the government "by groups alleging that their tax-exempt status was delayed by the IRS based on inappropriate criteria." (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

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Government reaches settlement against pro-Israel nonprofit targeted by the IRS

Margot Cleveland · February 2, 2018 10:43 pm

After reports said President Trump once told adult film actress Stormy Daniels, "I hope all sharks die," shark-related nonprofits have been receiving many charitable donations. (Horizon Charters / Wikimedia Commons)

Donations pour into shark nonprofits after report on Trump saying he hopes ‘all sharks die’

Naomi Lim · January 25, 2018 1:38 am

Former President Barack Obama dubbed Jan. 17 as "Religious Freedom Day" before he left office. But both the Obama and Trump administrations have demonstrated how 2017 was chock-full of wins, losses, and ongoing battles over this founding principle, such as what happened to the Little Sisters of the Poor over the Department of Health and Human Services' contraception mandate. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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It’s Religious Freedom Day, so what?

Nicole Russell · January 16, 2018 8:51 pm

They wanted to apply to receive the same relief grants other non-profit organizations received following Hurricane Harvey. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Judge says Texas churches are rightly being denied relief money from FEMA

Nicole Russell · December 11, 2017 7:22 pm

These "independent organizations" are in reality part of a larger network of wolves in sheep's clothing, beholden to extreme viewpoints. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

The troubling links between environmentalists and population control extremists

Craig Richardson · November 4, 2017 4:01 am

Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, released Thursday, nonprofit executives earnings above $1 million would have their earnings subject to a 20 percent tax. House Republicans say that the measure would align the tax code with the purpose of nonprofit status. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

House bill would tax nonprofit executives, universities

Joseph Lawler · November 2, 2017 5:09 pm

The IRS cannot predict what loopholes and workarounds corporations and individuals might find under the revised tax code Republicans are expected to pass Tuesday. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

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Conservatives were targeted by a weaponized IRS; all they got was this lousy apology

Becket Adams · October 27, 2017 9:38 pm

The Department of Justice has settled cases now pending approval by district courts involving Tea Party groups who claim their tax-exempt status was delayed by the IRS because of their connection to conservative ideals.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Department settles cases in lawsuits alleging targeting conservative groups by IRS

Kelly Cohen · October 26, 2017 12:00 pm

In this July 1, 2017, photo, a passenger uses a laptop aboard a commercial airline flight. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

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Political ‘enemies lists’ have always been dangerous, but technology is making them a greater threat

Eric Peterson · October 25, 2017 7:27 pm

How should we react when businesses donate to nonprofits, think tanks, and social welfare organizations? Should we feel fear and disgust that Big Money is corrupting our democracy? Or should we be glad that Americans are able to hear the perspectives of the business community, and that civically-engaged organizations are finding patrons for their efforts? (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

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The Left again tries to prohibit corporate giving to nonprofits and think tanks

Bradley A. Smith · October 4, 2017 5:04 pm