October 27, 2020 | NBC News
ISD’s Research on the Funding Strategies of Hate Groups Covered by NBC
NBC News provides exclusive coverage of the research findings outlined in our new report: Bankrolling Bigotry: An overview of the Online Funding Strategies of American Hate Groups. Jacob Davey, a co-author of the report, is quoted in the article on the issue of nonprofit privilege in the U.S.:
“There is a need for congressional debate about whether such groups should qualify for nonprofit tax status in the first place. It clearly acts as a mechanism to help legitimize them and give the impression that they are acting in the public interest.”