A US District Court judge’s ruling requires groups that spend money on political campaigns, including 501c4 “dark money” organizations, to reveal the source of their donors.
There’s a new wrinkle to the 501c4 dark money game. A progressive umbrella nonprofit is acting as fiscal sponsor for numerous groups spending millions to influence US House races this year.
The Treasury Department has announced that tax-exempt organizations that aren’t 501c3 charities or Section 527 PACs will no longer have to disclose their donors on the IRS Form 990. Don’t miss the implications for the rest of us.
Having trouble getting that corporate foundation gift? Try adding a well-placed politician to the board!
On April 3, 2018, the voters in the Parkway, Missouri school district may show us just how much influence money and politics can have in a nonpartisan election and on the future of the functioning of this school board.
Just when you thought that concealing donor monies in nonprofit guise could not get stealthier, in steps the Arizona legislature to be sure that it does.
The loss of the once high-flying but now defunct Families for Excellent Schools may not have been so hard on its nonprofit colleagues.
Two cases in Massachusetts penalize PACs that used dark money to promote charter schools.
One does not have to be a fan of current campaign finance law to understand the importance of combining advocacy, public education, lobbying, and electoral campaigns for nonprofits to achieve their social change missions.
A 501(c)(4) nonprofit is at the center of a heated ethics reform debate in Missouri.
