https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/exemption-requirements-section-501-c-3-organizations
" In addition, it may not be an *action organization* <https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/political-and-lobbying-activities>*, i.e.,* it may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates." On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Ximin Luo <[email protected]> wrote: > Could you educate us with some more details on that? A link to the > specific legislation would be great. On a quick web search, I can see this: > > http://www.njnonprofits.org/NPsCanLobby.html > > which only talks about spending money on lobbying, implying that costless > efforts (like having a banner on your website) are perfectly fine. > > X > > Michael Grube: > > I'm somewhat familiar with 501c3 rules. Ian's correct, it's not legal for > > the Freenet project to officially have a political agenda. > > > > Tor project is probably also in violation. > > On Jun 25, 2016 2:57 PM, "Ximin Luo" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Ian Clarke: > >>> Even more seriously, it may put us in violation of US law because we > are > >> a 501c3 > >>> non-profit, which are restricted in the political and lobbying > >> activities they > >>> can participate in while claiming 501c3 status. > >> > >> I don't see the banner now, but I would just like to point out that the > >> Tor project is also a 501c3 non-profit and they are also protesting > against > >> Rule 41. > >> > >> https://blog.torproject.org/blog/day-action-stop-changes-rule-41 > >> > >> I don't know the specific restrictions about lobbying though, so it > >> *could* be the case that they're also in violation. But I think this is > >> less likely. > >> > >> X > >> > >> -- > >> GPG: ed25519/56034877E1F87C35 > >> GPG: rsa4096/1318EFAC5FBBDBCE > >> https://github.com/infinity0/pubkeys.git > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Devl mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > _______________________________________________ > > Devl mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > > > > -- > GPG: ed25519/56034877E1F87C35 > GPG: rsa4096/1318EFAC5FBBDBCE > https://github.com/infinity0/pubkeys.git > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > [email protected] > https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list [email protected] https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
