{"id":1239075,"date":"2022-01-25T13:23:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1239075"},"modified":"2022-01-25T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T18:24:00","slug":"activist-coalition-goes-after-charitable-fund-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activist-coalition-goes-after-charitable-fund-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Activist Coalition Goes After Charitable Fund Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factivist-coalition-goes-after-charitable-fund-organization%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1239075&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">A new group is going after a charitable fund organization, or at the very least, trying to potentially expose certain donors, complicating the privacy issues concerning charitable giving.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cUnmasking Fidelity\u201d is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cancel-culture-targets-charity-donors-nonprofit-causes-free-association-censorship-unmasking-fidelity-philanthropy-privacy-first-amendment-11642524384\">coalition<\/a> of activists that have joined together to apply pressure to another organization called \u201cFidelity Charitable\u201d (FC). Fidelity Charitable is a 501(c)(3) organization associated with Fidelity the investment firm, and it streamlines charitable giving, primarily for investors who use the Fidelity Investments platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Investors are able to set up a charitable giving account and manage it in conjunction with their other investments. Fidelity Charitable is the top grant maker in the country and gave out $9.1 billion to charities in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Activist coalition \u201cUnmasking Fidelity\u201d has issued a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1nupvrWYOMtGXIiGXUF66MrD5H6-BjYr3Q3js7BEZogo\/edit\">demands<\/a>. Among other items, they\u2019ve asked FC to publicly disclose all contributions, and fees related to those contributions, over the last five years, relating to ten specific organizations. Exposing those contributions would potentially expose the donation activity of private individuals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Unmasking Fidelity is mostly going after conservative organizations. The activists claim certain groups promote \u201crhetoric and policies that enable white supremacist and fascist violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">One organization on the list is Alliance Defending Freedom, a legal fund that focuses on religious liberty, and partnered with The Daily Wire in its lawsuit against the Biden administration over the employer vaccine mandate. Another is Turning Point USA, which is a campus organization for conservative students. The Family Research Council is also on the list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The group specifically acknowledges that FC is \u201ccause-neutral\u201d regarding which charities they donate to. They\u2019re calling on FC to change that stance and become more discriminatory, in the name of social responsibility. As of now, FC primarily relies on the IRS to regulate which charitable organizations can receive funds, and they don\u2019t apply any ideological litmus tests. Individuals who use the program freely choose which charities to donate to, as long as they are IRS-approved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A group of over 1,800 professionals who are connected with Fidelity sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/thephillystatement.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Fidelity-Letter-with-Signatures-011822.pdf\">letter<\/a> to Fidelity Investments and Fidelity Charitable Leadership, demanding they refuse to give in to the activist pressure. The authors of the letter say it would potentially put individuals in a position to be threatened or doxxed if they are caught donating to a charity that the activists don\u2019t approve of.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kevin Roberts is the president of Heritage Foundation, and he signed the letter. Dr. Roberts told The Daily Wire, \u201cWhat they\u2019re doing is trying to make \u2026 transparent \u2026 the list of donors that are giving to 10 organizations; and the key thing is if you look at that list of 10 organizations, they\u2019re all organizations who work on issues like the pro-life issue, like the marriage issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The professionals in the letter argue that FC has an opportunity \u2014 and responsibility \u2014 to stand their ground against these activist demands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new group is going after a charitable fund organization, or at the very least, trying to potentially expose certain donors, complicating the privacy issues concerning charitable giving.\u00a0 \u201cUnmasking Fidelity\u201d is a coalition of activists that have joined together to apply pressure to another organization called \u201cFidelity Charitable\u201d (FC). 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