Nonprofit Speech Rights

Feb 8, 2016

Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

As Americans were gathering party supplies to greet the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released their annual report of cumulative tax data reported on the 400 tax r...

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Feb 4, 2016

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

Chlorine bleach plants across the U.S. put millions of Americans in danger of a chlorine gas release, a substance so toxic it has been used as a chemical weapon. Greenpeace’s new repo...

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Jan 25, 2016

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2014 is now available. The good news: total toxic releases by reporting facilities decreased by nearly six percent from 2013 levels. Howe...

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Jan 22, 2016

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

UPDATE (Jan. 22, 2016): Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions...

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CARE Act Update

Behind the scenes maneuvering continues on the Charity Aid Recovery and Empowerment Act (S 1924), the faith-based compromise bill sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and Rick Santorum (R-PA) and endorsed by President Bush.

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Hearing Held on Bills to Allow Church Electioneering

The Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony from supporters and opponents of two bills that would allow religious organizations to endorse candidates and spend funds on partisan electioneering activities.

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NPTalk Spring 2002 Reader Survey Results

Results and observations from the NPTalk 2002 Reader online survey conducted between April 1 and May 1, 2002. We hope this summary will prove useful to other groups as they conduct their own member/reader/user surveys. Before we share the findings from our first-ever reader survey, we wanted to share a few notes and observations:

We received about a 7% response rate out of roughly 900 subscribers. Our average subscriber base throughout the year is about 1100. We currently do not actively advertise the list, so folks who find us generally do so through word of mouth.

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Press Release: National Study Reveals Nonprofits Face Persistent Barriers in Public Participation

See the Executive Summary. To download the report in PowerPoint format click here.

For Immediate Release May 28, 2002 Contact: David Arons, (202) 387-5072 or Gary Bass (202) 234-8494

Washington, DC Preliminary findings of a three-year study of nonprofit charitable organizations' public policy participation indicate strong recognition by nonprofit leaders of the importance of public policy participation as it relates to serving their mission and community. However, a number of key barriers stand in the way of unleashing nonprofits' civic potential.

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Executive Summary: Overview of Findings of Strengthening Nonprofit Advocacy Project

See the press release. To download the report in PowerPoint format click here.

OMB Watch, Tufts University and Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest launched a multi-year research to action project, called the Strengthening Nonprofit Advocacy Project (SNAP), to investigate factors that motivate nonprofit organizations to engage in public policy matters. The SNAP initiative aims to address the following four major questions:

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Research on Nonprofit Advocacy Released

The Strengthening Nonprofit Advocacy Project (SNAP) was launched by OMB Watch, Tufts University and Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest as the first national research effort designed to investigate the public policy role of nonprofit organizations exempt under 501(c)(3) of the tax code, which are called charities. The goals of the research are to determine nonprofits' level of involvement in public policy issues, and to identify factors that motivate their involvement as well as impede them.

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Data Quality Challenges

On 11/16/00, the Judicial Conference's Subcommittee on Privacy and Electronic Access to Case Files of the Court Administration and the Case Management Committee issued a request for comments regarding policy options for electronic and online access to federal court records.

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OMB Watch Comments on Bills to Allow Church Electioneering

Before the House of Representatives Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight May 14, 2002

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PACs Get Extension for Filing IRS Reports

The IRS has extended the deadline for PACs to file their registration and disclosure reports to July 15.

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Proposed FEC Soft Money Rules Impact Nonprofit Fundraising, Voter Education

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has published its first proposed rules implementing the new Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA). They address soft money issues, which primarily impact political parties and campaign committees. However, nonprofits are impacted by new restrictions on some donations to 501(c) and 527 organizations involved in voter education and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) activities.

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Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

CARE Act Update

Hearing Held on Bills to Allow Church Electioneering

NPTalk Spring 2002 Reader Survey Results

Press Release: National Study Reveals Nonprofits Face Persistent Barriers in Public Participation

Executive Summary: Overview of Findings of Strengthening Nonprofit Advocacy Project

Research on Nonprofit Advocacy Released

Data Quality Challenges

OMB Watch Comments on Bills to Allow Church Electioneering

PACs Get Extension for Filing IRS Reports

Proposed FEC Soft Money Rules Impact Nonprofit Fundraising, Voter Education

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A Tale of Two Retirements: One for CEOs and One for the Rest of Us

Blowing Smoke: Chemical Companies Say “Trust Us,” But Environmental and Workplace Safety Violations Belie Their Rhetoric

Gasping for Support: Implementation of Tougher Air Quality Standards Will Require New Funds for State Agencies

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