30
September 2014
Past Event
Creating Clarity For Nonprofits

Creating Clarity For Nonprofits

Past Event
Hudson Institute
September 30, 2014
30
September 2014
Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

Speakers:
Robert Carpenter

Founder of Chesapeake Beach Consulting

Lisa Gilbert

Director of Congress Watch at Public Citizen

Celinda Lake

President of Lake Research Partners

John Tyler

General Counsel for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

William Schambra

Director of the Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal

Nonprofit political activity is at a crossroads. At a time when commentators from across the political spectrum are increasingly interested in the Internal Revenue Service’s treatment of nonprofit political activity, a vital voice has so far been missing, that of the voter.

Hudson Institute and Public Citizen presented the recent results of a bipartisan poll asking voters across the country what their opinions are on clearer rules for political activity and the relationship between changing IRS rules and free speech. Pollsters Celinda Lake, of Lake Research Partners, a Democratic polling firm, and Robert Carpenter, of Chesapeake Beach Consulting, a Republican polling firm, presented the poll results. Also joining the panel was John Tyler, General Counsel for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a leading foundation focused on education and entrepreneurship, and Lisa Gilbert, Director of Congress Watch at Public Citizen, a nonprofit that works to ensure all citizens have a voice in the nation’s capital. Hudson Institute's William Schambra moderated the discussion.

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