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Emily Chamlee-Wright in The Dispatch: Society Needs Philanthropic Privacy

By Jul 25, 2025No Comments

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In a recent piece for The Dispatch, IHS President Emily Chamlee-Wright makes a principled case for protecting donor privacy as essential to a free society. In light of recent efforts to mandate donor disclosure—and with that threats to intimidate funders of disfavored causes—she warns that these measures threaten civil society’s independence and chill the freedom of association.

Emily Chamlee-Wright, IHS President & CEO

Drawing on historical precedent, she notes that anonymous giving has long played a vital role in protecting dissenters from retaliation. The 1958 Supreme Court case NAACP v. Alabama upheld this principle, shielding civil rights supporters from forced disclosure. The framers of the Constitution made their arguments in The Federalist Papers under a pseudonym. Today, that same principle is at risk.

Chamlee-Wright writes: 

“Once the state acquires a taste for weaponizing donor lists and suppressing disfavored organizations, it’s unlikely to confine its ambitions to a narrow set of ideological targets.”

Read the full article at The Dispatch: “Society Needs Philanthropic Privacy”

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