+Congress, defend the common law and common sense of nonpartisanship
What could possibly go wrong if our country’s more than 1.5 million charitable nonprofits, houses of worship, and foundations were authorized to engage in partisan electioneering?
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+Charities Might Avoid Partisan Politics Even if Ban Is Lifted
But many secular charities, like a lot of religious ones, do not want to mix their charitable missions with politics, sources say.
+Measure to Weaken Johnson Amendment Moves Forward
Today, the Act passed with the rider attached. In response, Delaney released the following statement:
+Nonprofits to Congress: Don't Politicize Houses of Worship
Washington, DC - In response to the inclusion by the House Appropriations Committee of a rider (Section 116) that weakens the Johnson...
+Charity Inc.: National concerns
The Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, along with the National Council of Nonprofits and state association leaders from around the country, continue to have concerns about three significant issues that will affect the charitable sector.
+House Looks to Weaken Church-Politicking Ban Via Spending Bill
"The extraneous rider approved in the House Financial Services subcommittee today would impose unconstitutional and unreasonable hurdles on enforcing the law that ensures nonpartisanship and must be removed from the bill," Tim Delaney, president...
+Nonprofits Vigorously Object to Financial Services Subcommittee Efforts to Politicize Houses of Worship
Washington, DC - In response to the attempt to sneak through a change to longstanding substantive law by including it as an extraneous rider to a spending bill, Tim Delaney, President...
+Nonprofits should be free of partisan politics
For more than 60 years, an important provision in the federal tax code, the Johnson Amendment, has protected 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organizations from being drawn into partisan politics, such as endorsing or opposing candidates for public...
+Facing Urgent Threats: Nonprofits and Foundations in a Time of Change
Tim Delaney, President And CEO, National Council Of Nonprofits, Appears On Community Matters With Jay Fidell To Discuss The Future Of Nonprofits And Foundations In The New Administration.
+Trump Directs IRS Not to Enforce the Little-Enforced ‘Johnson Amendment’
Surveys of nonprofit and religious leaders show most strongly oppose loosening the law, fearing it would undermine the credibility of all nonprofits and allow campaign operatives to abuse 501(c)(3) tax status by setting up organizations that are...
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