The Philanthropy Roundtable filed an amicus brief Monday in the case Independence Institute v. Federal Election Commission urging the Supreme Court of the United States to uphold donor privacy and free speech for 501(c)3 charities.
“Many philanthropists value the freedom to keep their giving private for important religious, historical, cultural, and practical reasons,” said Sean Parnell, vice president for public policy at the Roundtable. “The Philanthropy Roundtable urges the Supreme Court to preserve this freedom and reject efforts to pry open the donor lists of nonprofits that are not engaged in election-related speech.”