NRB Wants IRS to Investigate Nonprofit’s Attacks on Christians
Yes, we would like to know who the donors are and what their strategic plan is in light of IRS rules and potential violations.
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This past week, The Daily Caller revealed that Media Matters accepted a $50,000 grant from the social equity and justice group The Arca Foundation to “monitor and attack” religious news outlets like the Christian Broadcasting Network and Focus on the Family.
Parshall’s husband, NRB Senior Vice President and General Council Craig Parshall, said he was very “disturbed” by the news.
“We are firm believers in the freedom of the press and the First Amendment. That means every press on the left side of the political spectrum, on the right, the middle and everyone in between. It also means that we got to be legitimate journalists, which means we cover stories rather than trying to destroy other media outlets.”
A spokesperson for The Arca Foundation said that grant recipients largely have the right to decide how to use its funds and denied lobbying Media Matters. However The Daily Caller revealed that Arca would sometimes specify how funds should be used.
IRS guidelines require that 501(c)(3) non-profit groups refrain from adopting political stances.
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