EXCLUSIVE — Two US nonprofit groups tied to the Global Disinformation Index, a British entity blacklisting conservative media outlets, are refusing to disclose key details about their operations, citing an obscure federal exemption law on 'harassment.'
EXCLUSIVE — Two U.S. nonprofit groups tied to the Global Disinformation Index, a British entity blacklisting conservative media outlets, are refusing to disclose key details about their operations, citing an obscure federal exemption law on"harassment," according to a Washington Examiner investigation.
But the federal 2021 forms provided to the Washington Examiner by the charity, which posted over $1.1 million in revenue after its $345,000 haul in 2020, as well the private foundation, which disclosed $367,000 in revenue, notably conceal who prepared the documents, who its books are in the care of, and the names of officers and directors.
"The Index’s personnel and their families have received multiple threats and hacking attacks, including threats of violence against their children," Owens, who directed the Exempt Organizations division at the IRS between 1990 and 2000, wrote in the letter."As such, the organization is working [with] appropriate law enforcement authorities, telecommunications and Internet organizations; has appropriately withheld information that could lead to furtherance of this behavior.
Still, the IRS rule, 6104-3, makes no mention of tax-exempt groups being allowed to provide their disclosures to a requester with redactions, according to tax experts. Therefore, it’s unclear how the statute would even apply in this case, according to Jeff Tenenbaum, a Washington, D.C., nonprofits attorney.
"It's a very narrow exception to the general rule that requires disclosure when you have dozens of requests for your 990 returns," he told the Washington Examiner."It's not just general harassment."
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