“Laurie Styron, the CEO and executive director of Charity [Watch], told FOX45 News that there has been an increase in social welfare non-profits participating in electioneering and politically driven activities.”
“‘I think when you’re talking about non-profits getting involved in the political landscape, there is a big issue of ‘pay-to-play’ like there is elsewhere in the political landscape,’ Styron said. ‘[T]o the extent there are interested parties and a lot of money to be made, and [lots of] leverage to be gotten by influencing certain things, there are going to be people who exploit those rules and lack of oversight for their own gain.'”
“‘When most people think of non-profits, they’re thinking of your traditional sheltering the homeless, assisting the hungry, helping [or assisting veterans],’ Styron said. ‘They’re not imagining there is this giant undercurrent of dark money that is absolutely influencing elections in no uncertain terms.'”
FOX 45 News WBFF Baltimore, 10/25/2024