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Justices raised concerns about chilling effect subpoenas would have on donors.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case involving pregnancy resource centers in New Jersey that have been fighting a legal battle to prevent the subpoena of its donor records.
Should government money be used to fund religious charter schools?
Recently, MinistryWatch President Warren Cole Smith wrote an editorial opposing the use of government funds for religious charter schools. Today, we offer an opposing view.
More ministries call themselves a ‘church’ or ‘association of churches’ to avoid disclosure requirements
Since 2020, more than 80 of the 1,000 largest Christian ministries in the US have asked the Internal Revenue Service to classify them as an “association of churches.”
Many of them were passed in reaction to compelled disclosure in states like California.
This week, Georgia became the 19th state in the U.S. to pass a law protecting the privacy of members, donors, and volunteers of nonprofit groups. The Personal Privacy Protection Act, signed into law by Georgia ...
At one point, churches fretted over losing their tax-exempt status for even unintentional missteps. But the IRS has largely abdicated its enforcement responsibilities as churches have become more brazen.
Jackson County officials on Monday approved a settlement with a church that had sued over COVID-19 restrictions that it claimed discriminated against religion.
Wednesday, Denver District Judge A. Bruce Jones ruled that Phillips’s refusal to create a transgender-themed birthday cake was about a product, not compelled speech.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a key donor disclosure case that’s made its way through the California courts during the past decade.
Twenty-two states and multiple advocacy groups have submitted more than 40 friend-of-the-court briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that seeks to overturn a California requirement that nonprofits annually disclose the names of their ...
