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Here's the Background on §527 Political Funds
Congress considers legislation to curb the secrecy that results when nonprofit funds avoid federal election campaign laws
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Nonprofits should be concerned about §527 organizations for
several reasons. Because many nonprofits, including charities,
are becoming more concerned about election issues, they need to
understand the interrelationships among the various forms of activity
and how they may be able to utilize such structures in their own
program. In addition charities will do well to emphasize that even
though all charities are nonprofits, all nonprofits are not charities.
Charities should take care to distinguish the more self-centered
and controversial activities of other forms of nonprofit entities
from the charitable work that they do.
Article Archives >> Ready Reference >> May 2000
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