From the Daily Caller
A conservative watchdog group is pushing federal regulators to investigate the tax-exempt status of a major nonprofit that has been allegedly bankrolling violent protests for years.
The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) is requesting the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigate the Progress Unity Fund (PUF), a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit based in California, according to a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. CASA argues that PUF is violating its tax-exempt status due to its financial support of the ANSWER Coalition, a group behind several high-profile violent protests and allegedly tied to extremist elements.
“CASA has filed a request for review of the tax exempt status of Progress Unity Fund which is the primary fiscal sponsor of the ANSWER Coalition,” CASA Director James Fitzpatrick said in a statement provided to the DCNF.
“ANSWER engages in violent and potentially illegal activity, particularly during its many extreme and unruly demonstrations throughout the Washington DC region,” Fitzpatrick continued. “ANSWER activists have assaulted law enforcement, destroyed federal property, and even have ties to radical pro-Hamas groups.”