Bradley Smith, Founder and Chairman of the Institute for Free Speech and a former FEC Chairman, joins a CFIF discussion about why supporting the right to peaceful protest is important even during a pandemic and the final donor privacy regulation recently released by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service.

The IRS has published a final rule that relieves most 501(c) nonprofits of a requirement to report the names and addresses of major donors. The IRS “does not need” the information “to administer the internal revenue laws,” said the Treasury Department, and it changed the rule “in light of the risks and burden.”

To preserve our right to free expression, we must resist these attacks on donor privacy by supporting organizations that are challenging donor disclosure demands in court, by opposing laws and administrative orders that require donor disclosure, and by encouraging the enactment of laws that affirmatively protect donor privacy.

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have announced that a rule has been finalized that will eliminate Schedule B donor filing requirements for certain nonprofit organizations.

Governor Kevin Stitt has signed into law a bill that will ensure the privacy of Oklahoma citizens and protect their First Amendment right to support causes and the organizations advocating for those causes.

Last week, a strong bipartisan coalition of lawmakers voted to protect the privacy of Oklahomans.