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EO Tax Journal 2025-60

LATE BREAKING DEVELOPMENT

“Gates Foundation Gives In and Stops Discriminating by Race,” Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2025

According to Edward Blum, president of the American Alliance for Equal Rights, the Gates Foundation says it will end racial exclusion in its flagship college-aid initiative, the Gates Scholarship. The scholarships will be open to all eligible students regardless of race.

Blum states that the IRS “should immediately issue a nationwide advisory clarifying that any 501(c)(3) organization that engages in racial classifications and preferences risks losing its tax-exempt status.” Blum cites Chief Justice John Roberts in Students for Fair Admissions, “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.”
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3 – In the News

4 – AAER Files Request to IRS to Examine Racial Practices at Three Tax-Exempt Foundations

5 – Complaint Letter of AAER re Gates Foundation

6 – Defending Education Files Complaint with OCR over University of Wisconsin Alleged Discrimination

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EO Tax Journal 2025-55

1 – The EOTJ Mailbag

2 – Editor’s Notebook

3 – New Sheriff in Town

4 – Public Recommendations Invited on Items To Be Included on the 2025-2026 Priority Guidance Plan (Notice 2025-19)

5  – Applicant Can’t Pay for Founder’s Heart Transplant (Denial 202514005)

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EO Tax Journal 2025-49

1 – The EOTJ Mailbag

2 – Editor’s Notebook

3 – Employment Opportunities

4 – Putnam Barber, Seattle Times Obituary

5 – Ways and Means Chair Seeks Revocation of New Georgia Project’s (c)(3) Status

6 – California Attorney General Bonta Announces Nearly $1.2 Million Settlement with Valley Rock Foundation for Self-Dealing Transactions

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EO Tax Journal 2025-33

1 – The EOTJ Mailbag

2 – Editor’s Notebook

3 – Krause to Serve as Acting IRS Commissioner; O’Donnell Retires after Distinguished Career

4 – In the News

5 ––The Past, Present, and Future of EO Tax Administration By the IRS (Part 1)

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EO Tax Journal 2025-29

1 – Late Breaking News

2 – The EOTJ Mailbag

3 – Editor’s Notebook

4 – Upcoming Programs of Interest

5 – Supreme Court Report of National Association of Attorneys General

6 – In the News

7 – OCR Warns Educational Institutions Not to Discriminate on Basis of Race

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EO Tax Journal 2025-28

1 – Quote of the Week

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3 – The EOTJ Mailbag

4 – In the News

5 – Call for NAAG/NASCO Program Proposals

6 – Senator Bill Hagerty Introduces Legislation to Hold NGOs Accountable for Facilitating Illegal Immigration

7 – Senators Wyden and Warren Demand Information on DOGE Access to Confidential Taxpayer Information