“If your group is conservative you should not seek 501C3 status. Just gives them a hook to destroy you.”
Which results in them paying taxes on the donations. So, the leftist orgs that are tax exempt can make their dollars go further than the conservative orgs.
Not arguing with you, just expounding on the result.
Here’s where I’m ignorant. If you have an organization called “The Friends of Bunnys in East Overshoe”, and you get $1000 in donations, but you can prove you spent $1000 to benefit the bunnys in East Overshoe, do you pay tax on $1000?