Nonprofit Nonpartisanship | Additional Resources

Additional Resources

• Conference Report on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, House of Representatives
• Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee on Conference, House and Senate Conferees
• Comparison of House and Senate Tax Bills and Impacts on Nonprofits, National Council of Nonprofits
• Nonprofit Analysis of the Final Tax Bill Proposal, National Council of Nonprofits
• Resources on How the New Federal Tax Law Impacts Charitable Nonprofits, National Council of Nonprofits.
• Fight to preserve Johnson Amendment continues amid new repeal efforts, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, September 14, 2018.
• As High Holidays approach -- and midterm elections loom - should rabbis get political?, KYW 1060, September 6, 2018.
• Nonprofit community worries Congress could scrap 'crucial' finance law Trump falsely claimed he repealed, New York Daily News, September 2, 2018.
• Congress could declaw restrictions on politicking from the pulpit -- over the objections of many churches, The Conversation, July 30, 2018. 
• This Week in God, 7.21.18, MSNBC, July 21, 2018.
• Renewed Attempt to Curtail Johnson Amendment Passes US House, Nonprofit Quarterly, July 20, 2018.
• House votes to prevent IRS from punishing churches engaging in politics, Politico, July 19, 2018.
• House Provision Permitting Political Churches Moves Forward, The NonProfit Times, July 17, 2018.
• Johnson Amendment Proposal Sparks New Backlash, CQ, July 17, 2018.
• IRS Dumps Schedule B For Associations, Other NPOs, The NonProfit Times, July 17, 2018.
• Political Issues and Christians and the Johnson Amendment Part II, Chris Legg, LPC, July 3, 2018.
• Political Issues and Christians and the Johnson Amendment, Chris Legg, LPC, June 26, 2018.
• Americans Don't Go To Church For Politics, Political News, April 6, 2018.
• Political Law Potpourri - The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, The National Law Review, April 5, 2018.
• Johnson Amendment Unchanged in Federal Spending Bill, Nonprofit Quarterly, March 23, 2018.
• Spending Bill Excludes Johnson Amendment Repeal, The NonProfit Times, March 22, 2018.
• Johnson Amendment remains intact in latest omnibus spending bill, Religion News Service, March 22, 2018.
• Another Effort to Get Rid of the 'Johnson Amendment' Fails, NPR, March 23, 2018.
• New Threat in Congress to Politicize Nonprofits and Foundations, Nonprofit Quarterly, March 9, 2018.
• Letter to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, February 7, 2018
• Now What: How the New Federal Tax Law Impacts Charitable Nonprofits, National Council of Nonprofits, January 11, 2018.
• Imagine There's Only Partisan Politics, Independent Sector, January 10, 2018
• Amending the Johnson Amendment in the Age of Cheap Speech, Nonprofit Law Prof Blog, December 23, 2017.
• Under new tax bill, regional nonprofits brace for $60M less in charitable giving, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 20, 2017.
• Tax Reform Bill Becomes Law: Lessons for Tax-Exempt Organizations, The National Law Review, December 20, 2017.
• US "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" Impact on Adventist Employees and Organizations, AdventistReview, December 20, 2017.
• Battle rages over tax rules for churches, The Hill, December 19, 2017.
• What Nonprofits Can Expect in the GOP Tax Bill, Nonprofit Quarterly, December 18, 2017.
• News Release: Charitable Nonprofits to Congress: The Final Tax Bill Would Sabotage Our Work in Communities. Kill the Bill and Start Over., National Council of Nonprofits, December 15, 2017.
• Nonprofits and Foundations Stand United in Opposition to the Tax Bill, joint statement from the National Council of Nonprofits, Council on Foundations, and Independent Sector, December 15, 2017.
• News Release: Johnson Amendment Language Exclusion from Tax Bill a (Temporary) Victory for Nonprofits, Houses of Worship, and Foundations, National Council of Nonprofits, December 15, 2017.
• Johnson Amendment Survives Tax Bill - a (Temporary) Victory for Nonprofits, Foundations and Houses of Worship, Kentucky Nonprofit Network, December 15, 2017.
• BJC responds to removal of language that would have undermined the protections of the Johnson Amendment, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, December 15, 2017.
• Attempt to Undermine Johnson Amendment Removed From Tax Bill, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, December 15, 2017.
• Johnson Amendment Repeal Axed, Averting Nonprofit Crisis - For Now, Public Citizen, December 15, 2017.
• News Release: Johnson Amendment Language Exclusion from Tax Bill a (Temporary) Victory for Nonprofits, Houses of Worship, and Foundations, National Council of Nonprofits, December 15, 2017.
• Tax Bill Will Not Alter Nonprofit Nonpoliticking Rule, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, December 15, 2017.
• Dep't. of Small Mercies: Johnson Amendment Repeal Gone from Still-Terrible GOP Tax Bill, Nonprofit Quarterly, December 15, 2017.
• Johnson Amendment Saved, For Now, The NonProfit Times, December 15, 2017.
• Tax Bill Would Indirectly Reduce Nonprofit Support, Slash Spending for Youth, Some Fear, Youth Today, December 15, 2017.
• Proposal to Let Churches and Other Nonprofits Get Political Blocked from Tax Bill, Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2017.
• In small win for Democrats, the final tax bill will not include a provision allowing churches to endorse political candidates, Washington Post, December 14, 2017.
• Senate parliamentarian strikes language allowing churches to endorse candidates from tax bill, The Hill, December 14, 2017.
• Bad news for nonprofits: Will people still give or as much if they can't get a tax deduction for their charitable giving?, Washington Post, December 14, 2017.
• Ten Super PAC Donors Could Save $150 Million with Tax-Deductible Contributions Through 'Johnson Amendment' Repeal, MapLight, December 14, 2017.
• Uncharitable taxation: New tax law could rob nonprofits in Washington of millions, Real Change , December 13, 2017
• How Repealing the Johnson Amendment Would Change Churches and Charities, HowStuffWorks, December 13, 2017.
• Demonstrators again target Collins support of tax bill, Livingston County News, December 13, 2017.
• Why weakening the Johnson Amendment would be devastating for nonprofits, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits, December 12, 2017.
• Time to Protect the Johnson Amendment, Maine Association of Nonprofits, December 12, 2017.
• Local Nonprofit Leaders: US Tax Reform Will Hurt People in Need, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, Catholic Charities of Boston, December 12, 2017.
• Senators weigh in on 'dark money' tax deduction, CNN, December 11, 2017.
• Tax Code Change Could Free Churches, Charities to Become Political Players, Fox Business, December 11, 2017.
• Republicans Should Keep the Johnson Amendment, National Review, December 9, 2017.
• Tax bill could make 'dark money' political contributions tax deductible, CNN, December 8, 2017.
• Tax Bill Could Offer New Way To Funnel Political Cash - And Make It Tax Deductible, NPR, December 8, 2017.
• Tax bill could create deduction for 'dark money' political donations, The Hill, December 8, 2017.
• Nonprofits Lobby to Keep Charities Nonpartisan in Final Tax Bill, Nonprofit Quarterly, December 8, 2017.
• Charities and nonprofits must remain non-partisan, Cincinnati Enquirer, December 8, 2017.
• Can Roy Moore, Doug Jones legally speak at churches? Experts troubled by pulpit politicking, Al.com, December 8, 2017.
• How new tax plan could impact local nonprofit organizations, WPSD Local 6, December 7, 2017.
• News Release: Nonpartisan Nonprofits to Political Parties: Join the Fight to Keep Partisan Politics Away from 501(c)(3) Organizations, National Council of Nonprofits, December 7, 2017.
• Letter to House-Senate Conference Committee, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, December 7, 2017.
• How the tax package could sap the flow of charitable giving, The Conversation, December 6, 2017.
• Making 2 Become 1: Ironing Out Senate and House Tax Bill Differences, The New York Times, December 6, 2017.
• Politicking by Churches Fight Mixes With Tax, Spending Debates, Roll Call, December 6, 2017.
• Citizens United on Steroids, Civicist, December 6, 2017.
• Letter to Congressman Neal, Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, December 5, 2017.
• How the federal tax bill could affect Minnesotans, Twin Cities Pioneer Press, December 5, 2017.
• Final Senate Bill Provides Little for Nonprofits, The NonProfit Times, December 4, 2017.
• Tax Reform Measure Passes Senate without Repeal of Johnson Amendment Attached, Nonprofit Quarterly, December 4, 2017.
• Why a local group is against a provision in the tax reform bill, Good4Utah, December 3, 2017.
• News Release: Senate Tax Bill: Extremely Harmful to Americans and Nonprofits, But Less Bad Than the House Version, National Council of Nonprofits, December 2, 2017.
• Johnson Amendment Protects Churches From Political Manipulation, Baptist General Convention of Texas, November 30, 2017.
• Another target of Republican tax bill: donations to nonprofits, Portland Press Herald, November 30, 3017.
• An Open Letter to the Hundreds of Millions of Americans Who Have Worked for, Volunteered for, Donated to, or Benefited from the Work of a Charitable Nonprofit: i.e., every living person in the USA, Tim Delaney, Nonprofit Quarterly, November 29, 2017.
• Joint Letter Urging Senators to Vote No on Tax Reform Bill, signed by the National Council of Nonprofits, the Council on Foundations, and Independent Sector, November 29, 2017.
• News Release: Nonprofits to Senate: Vote No on Tax Bill, Start Over, National Council of Nonprofits, November 29, 2017.
• Tax Plan Could Mean Politics At The Pulpit (46:22), NPR On Point, November 28, 2017.
• The GOP's effort to let churches endorse candidates is deeply unpopular, ThinkProgress, November 28, 2017.
• Poll: Allowing Non-Profits to Endorse Political Candidates, University of Maryland School of Public Policy, November 2017.
• In Tax Debate, Gift to Religious Right Could Be Bargaining Chip, The New York Times, November 26, 2017.
• If passed, tax reform could let churches endorse political candidates, Omaha World-Herald, November 26, 2017.
• Blowing Up Democracy and Charities in One Fell Swoop, The American Prospect, November 22, 2017.
• How the tax package could blur the separation of church and politics, The Conversation, November 22, 2017.
• GOP tax bill will allow nonprofits to endorse political candidates, WITF, November 22, 2017.
• More Questions than Answers in Tax Bill Treatment of Johnson Amendment, BolderAdvocacy, November 21, 2017.
• Laundering away democracy, Philanthropy 2173, November 17, 2017.
• New Release: House Passage of Its Tax Bill Demonstrates Congress' Disregard for Their Constituents and the Work of Charitable Nonprofits, National Council of Nonprofit, November 16, 2017.
• Nonprofits anticipate loss over GOP's tax plan, Spectrum News Austin, November 14, 2017.
• Keep nonprofits out of politics, Jewish groups urge Congress, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, November 9, 2017.
• News Release: House Tax Bill Gives Political Churches a Multi-Billion Dollar Payoff, National Council of Nonprofits, November 7, 2017.
• News Release: Nonprofits, Nation Cannot Afford This Proposed Tax Reform Plan, November 2, 2017.
• Community Letter in Support of Nonpartisanship, Updated September 5, 2017.
• Thousands of faith leaders ask Congress to maintain Johnson Amendment, Religion News Service, Washington, DC, August 16, 2017.
• Faith Voices Letter to Senate, August 16, 2017.
• Faith Voices Letter to House of Representatives, August 16, 2017.
• Nonprofit Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee, West Virginia Nonprofit Association and Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement, July 25, 2017.
• Recommendations of the National Council of Nonprofits on Comprehensive Tax Reform, National Council of Nonprofits, July 13, 2017.
• Nonprofits to Congress: Don't Politicize Houses of Worship, National Council of Nonprofits, July 13, 2017.
• BJC says funding bill will expose houses of worship to political pressure, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, July 13, 2017.
• National Organizations Letter to the House Appropriations Committee, July 12, 2017.
• BJC Letter to the House Appropriations Committee, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, July 12, 2017.
• Letter to the House Appropriations Committee, National Council of Nonprofits, July 11, 2017.
• Nonprofits Vigorously Object to Financial Services Subcommittee Efforts to Politicize Houses of Worship, National Council of Nonprofits, June 29, 2017.
• Letter to the House Financial Services Subcommittee, June 29, 2017.
• Protecting Nonprofit Nonpartisanship | Executive Order, National Council of Nonprofits, May 18, 2017.
• Protecting Nonprofit Nonpartisanship | Legislative Challenge, National Council of Nonprofits, May 18, 2017.
• National Council of Nonprofits Statement on "Religious Freedom" Executive Order, National Council of Nonprofits, May 4, 2017.
• Statement of Tim Delaney Before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Hearing on Examining a Church's Right to Free Speech, National Council of Nonprofits, May 4, 2017.
• Religious groups urge Congress to keep limit on church political activity, The Hill, Washington, DC, April 4, 2017.
• Some nonprofits worry politics could creep into their work, WITF, Harrisburg, PA, April 3, 2017.
• Protecting Nonprofit Nonpartisanship | Common Questions and Answers, National Council of Nonprofits, March 2, 2017.
• Protecting Nonprofit Nonpartisanship | Infographic, National Council of Nonprofits, March 2, 2017.
• Nonprofits to Congress: Keep Partisan Politics Away from Nonprofit Missions, National Council of Nonprofits, April 5, 2017.
• Protect Nonprofit Nonpartisanship: Oppose Efforts to Repeal or Weaken the Johnson Amendment, Issue Summary, National Council of Nonprofits, April 11, 2017.
• Protecting Nonprofit Nonpartisanship | Initial Commentary, National Council of Nonprofits, February 5, 2017.
• House Looks to Weaken Church-Policking Ban Via Spending Bill, The Chronical of Philanthropy, Washington, DC, June 30, 2017.
• Debating the Johnson Amendment, Alliance for Charitable Reform, Washington, DC, June 7, 2017.
• Thousands of Nonprofits to Congress: Don't Repeal the Johnson Amendment, Associations Now, Washington, DC, April 5, 2017.
• Nearly 100 religious groups tell Congress: Keep the 'Johnson Amendment', Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, April 4, 2017.
• Faith groups to Congress: Do not politicize our houses of worship, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, April 4, 2017.
• National Poll Finds That Americans Support the Johnson Amendment to Protect Nonprofit Nonpartisanship, Independent Sector, Washington, DC, March 30, 2017.
• Trump Wants to Repeal the Johnson Amendment: What Nonprofis Need to Know, Nonprofit PRO, Philadelphia, PA, February 16, 2017.
• The Johnson Amendment - Let's Keep It Intact!, Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, Oklahoma City, OK, February 9, 2017.
• Letter to Congress - Johnson Amendment, Council on Foundations, Alexandria, VA, February 9, 2017.
• IRS Publication 1828: 501(c)(3) Tax Guide for Churches & Religious Organizations  (Rev. 8-2015).
• IRS website: “Restriction of Political Campaign Intervention by Section 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Organizations .”