REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Charitable Support for Individuals Affected by a Disaster
In recent decades, states and localities have implemented increasingly complex lobbying laws that sometimes require groups to disclose their donors or members when registering to lobby. Unfortunately, while focusing their...more
Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance,...more
On June 8, 2022, the Federal Election Commission (FEC or Commission) approved an interim final rule affirming greater disclosure by nonprofits and others making independent expenditures in federal elections....more
New laws and court wins out of several states are favoring more campaign finance disclosure. The Tennessee General Assembly recently passed a bill requiring politically-active 501(c)(4) organizations – often referred to...more
On Thursday, July 1, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling on California’s charity donor disclosure requirement, finding the requirement to be facially invalid because it burdened donors’ First Amendment...more
On May 26, 2020, the U.S. Treasury released Final Regulations on donor disclosure requirements that shield many nonprofits – except 501(c)(3) charities and 527 political organizations – from the requirement to disclose the...more
Late last week, U.S. District Court judge Beryl Howell struck down a Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulation that allowed certain non-profit organizations to engage in independent expenditure activities for the purpose...more