Disclosure Laws Put Targets on the Backs of Nonprofit Donors

Across the country, activists pretending to combat so-called dark money in politics are pushing laws to force nonprofits to disclose their donors’ names and personal information to the government. While they say they’re promoting the public’s right to know, what these activists are really doing is putting targets on the backs of nonprofit donors, threatening to expose them to retaliation and even violence simply for supporting causes they believe in.

This isn’t mere speculation — it is well documented that disclosure mandates in some states have led to attacks against nonprofits and their supporters.

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Jon Riches

Jon Riches is the vice president for litigation at the Goldwater Institute.

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Andrew Gould

Andrew Gould is a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona and the managing partner of the Phoenix office of Holtzman Vogel PLLC.

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Across the country, activists pretending to combat so-called dark money in politics are pushing laws to force nonprofits to disclose their donors’ names and personal information to the government. While they say they’re promoting the public’s right to know, what these activists are really doing is putting targets on the backs of nonprofit donors, threatening to expose them to retaliation and even violence simply for supporting causes they believe in.

This isn’t mere speculation — it is well documented that disclosure mandates in some states have led to attacks against nonprofits and their supporters.