CTEC Director and Middlebury Institute Professor Jason Blazakis and former CTEC Researcher Connor Freeman penned an op-ed on the abuse of the tax code by hate groups.

CTEC Director and Middlebury Institute Professor Jason Blazakis penned an op-ed on the abuse of the tax code by hate groups with former CTEC Researcher Connor Freeman, who is also an alumnus of the Institute’s NPTS degree program and the Financial Crime Management Specialization.


“Illegal acts of tax evasion certainly remain a tactic of the radical right, but groups also use a pernicious and legally available method: claiming a tax exemption based on tenuous claims of charitable or educational work.
By cross-referencing the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of radical right hate groups with the IRS list of tax exempt organizations, we found that 19 hate groups have at one time received tax exemptions for 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups. Of those 19 groups, five have maintained their exemption or had it reinstated after a brief revocation.”


To read the full op-ed, click here.