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From my piece today at The Examiner, “A power-grab against charity and religion”: “The model Protection of Charitable Assets Act — which is being promoted by the National Association of State Charity Officials — represents a state power grab of poorly defined discretion over the property rights of private charities, churches, and even the estates […] A Radical and Unlawful Power Grab over Private Charity and Religion The Model Protection of Charitable Assets Act Oversight and Investigations Mark J. Fitzgibbons¹ Contents I. There Are Far Too Many Troubling General Provisions in the Act for It to Be Adopted by Any State II. Show Us […] Writing at The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Pablo Eisenberg laments the loss of full-time newspaper writers covering nonprofits. I share his concern. But as with most of what Mr. Eisenberg writes, I find fault in his premises. I’d rather see more thoughtful private critics of nonprofits and less poorly targeted and burdensome government regulation. Mr. Eisenberg […] As readers know, charity regulators are the biggest violators of laws governing charitable solicitation. What happens when charity regulators ask or demand charities or others to violate the law? That is also known as solicitation, and the offense of solicitation is a serious one. Here’s a real life example of how charity regulators might be […] Another politician, another charity scam. As reported in The Washington Post: “Harry Thomas Jr. resigned Thursday night, hours after he became the first sitting D.C. Council member to be charged with a felony, when federal prosecutors accused him of embezzling more than $350,000 in government funds and filing false tax returns.” With all the charity […] As a rule, it’s safe to say the overwhelming majority of people in the charitable sector have good intentions, right? What about charity regulators? Well, even if we presume their good intentions (and I’ll defer to your judgment for today’s purposes), too many of them act as if the rule of law doesn’t fully apply […] “Laws and regulations which shackle free enterprise, attack philanthropic freedom, and chill corporations’ charitable activities will do nothing but deepen the non-profit recession.” Read his full piece at The Washington Examiner. I requested a copy of the New York charity regulator office’s operating budget. The response I received is shocking. First of all, the request for a simple budget was treated as a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request. FOIL’s are used for documents held by public officials that aren’t otherwise made public. Why would a […] Rick Cohen of The Nonprofit Quarterly commented on a recent post, “Permits, Audits and Comeuppance.” He is the source of my use of the word “comeuppance” in my post, and I urge you to read Mr. Cohen’s entire comment here. In 2010 I wrote about the first installment of Mr. Cohen’s three-part story that year […] At American Thinker, I write about a First Amendment issue involving rally permits. The piece was prompted by the City of Richmond’s issuing an audit letter to the Richmond Tea Party. The Tea Party demanded a refund of money it paid for a daytime rally permit after the Tea Party learned that Occupy Richmond was […] |
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