Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Revoking federal tax-exempt status

[Sara Gottlieb (sara.gottlieb]

https://www.eenews.net/articles/white-house-says-its-not-targeting-green-groups-tax-status/

E&E NEWS PM | The White House is not drafting or considering an order
targeting nonprofit organizations’ tax-exempt status, a White House
official said Tuesday.

The comments come after rumors swirled in energy and environmental policy
groups in recent days that President Donald Trump might attempt to revoke
green groups’ tax-exempt status, potentially on Earth Day.

Asked Tuesday whether the president was considering any actions to target
nonprofit organizations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told
reporters she would check in with the White House policy team.

In response to a request for additional comment, a White House official
told POLITICO’s E&E News later Tuesday in an email, “No such orders are
being drafted or considered at this time.”

Environmentalists’ concerns were amplified when Trump suggested last week
that Harvard University should lose its tax-exempt status after the school
defied the administration’s demands.

Donations to major environmental groups that have 501(c)(3) status are
considered charitable and tax-deductible, and losing that status could hurt
green groups’ fundraising efforts.

The president does not have the legal authority to request tax
investigations into particular people or entities. A broad presidential
directive to target nonprofits’ tax-exempt status could also encompass
conservative organizations.


> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Revoking federal tax-exempt status (Was Re: Cohousing in DC
>       paper The Hill today) (Liz Ryan Cole)
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> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:45:48 -0400
> From: Liz Ryan Cole <lizryancole [at] me.com>
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org, seaheidi [at] earthlink.net
> Subject: [C-L]_ Revoking federal tax-exempt status (Was Re: Cohousing
>         in DC paper The Hill today)
> Message-ID: <63C99130-424F-41D6-83C6-4EA67F6ECB82 [at] me.com>
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> There is a lot of fear out there. Fight fear with facts. (Maybe also
> listen to All Shall Be Well Again Gordon Bok, Ann May Muir, and Ed
> Trickett)  :)
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> This is from The Non-Profit Times.
> Neither the president, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department
> of the Treasury, or the IRS have the ability to revoke the federal
> tax-exempt status of any entity through Executive Order or with the mere
> stroke of a pen. There are well-established procedures for revoking federal
> tax exemption.
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> Those procedures require individual case-by-case IRS audits of each
> organization, with ample opportunity for the entity to defend itself, and
> including multiple routes of appeal.
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> https://thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/under-fire-how-the-irs-can-and-cant-revoke-exempt-status/
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> liz
> Loch Lyme Lodge, Inc.
> Future home of Pinnacle Cohousing
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