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Advocacy Blog
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Nonprofits Set Up Election Focused Web Sites
If the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to look to the web sites that nonprofits link to for any prohibited campaign intervention, how would the IRS respond to organizations that have created election related web sites that have links to information on the candidates' positions on issues and the official candidates' sites? The Chronicle on Philanthropy ($$) directs us to two specific sites, www.health08.org and www.247townahll.org. While not endorsing any candidate, Health08.org was created by the Kaiser Family Foundation to provide health-care information and a comparison of the candidates' positions and proposals. The One Economy Corporation, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to fighting poverty, organized a national forum called "Poverty in America" on its web site 247townhall.org. I am curious how the IRS would respond to this considering they consider nonprofits to be responsible for the content on the sites it links to, and wants groups to review the web site connections.
Posted by Amanda Adams
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