The Darker Side of Nonprofits: When Charities and Social Welfare Groups Become Political Slush Funds

Meier examines an alarming trend in which charities and social welfare groups have become powerful political players, yet have been able to circumvent Internal Revenue Code limits on nonprofit political activity and to avoid nearly all election regulations.

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Published inUniversity of Pennsylvania law review Vol. 147; no. 4; pp. 971 - 1008
Main Author Meier, Robert Paul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Law School 01.04.1999
Subjects
Campaign contributions
Campaigns
Charities
Charity
Comments
Contribution
Fund raising
Groups
Nonprofit organizations
Organization (nonprofit)
Political action committees
Political campaigns
Political candidates
Political elections
Political finance
Politics
Social welfare
United States
Voter registration
Voting
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Summary:Meier examines an alarming trend in which charities and social welfare groups have become powerful political players, yet have been able to circumvent Internal Revenue Code limits on nonprofit political activity and to avoid nearly all election regulations.
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ISSN:0041-9907
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DOI:10.2307/3312765