REPORT: Four "donor-advised funds," including the largest charity in the country, are routing millions of dollars to dozens of @splcenter-designated hate groups each year from anonymous donors. readsludge.com/2019/02/19/ame…
Recipients of these donations include 12 anti-Muslim groups, 12 anti-LGBT groups, and even the white nationalist VDARE Foundation.
The funds don't appear to have effective policies, or none at all, on donations to hate groups. readsludge.com/2019/02/19/ame…
The funds don't appear to have effective policies, or none at all, on donations to hate groups. readsludge.com/2019/02/19/ame…
Heidi Beirich of @splcenter tells us, "Ultimately, these [donor-advised fund] companies are serving as pass-throughs to hate groups. “There’s no way around it.” readsludge.com/2019/02/19/ame…
Abbas Barzegar, research director at @CAIRNational, tells us, "The lack of [hate group] policies is a major gap that these organizations are going to need to address in order to protect themselves from being exploited." readsludge.com/2019/02/19/ame…
Our report is the culmination of a long data analysis process. We analyzed tens of thousands of pages of itemized tax records to discover than the four DAFs donated nearly $11 million to 34 hate groups from mid-2014 through 2017. readsludge.com/2019/02/19/ame…
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