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How donors can help make nonprofits more accountable

  • Written by Aseem Prakash, Walker Family Professor and Founding Director, Center for Environmental Politics, University of Washington
imageWasteful and fake charities are usually harder to spot than this. jefftakespics2/Shutterstock.com

As the devastating 2017 hurricane season got underway, the Internal Revenue Service warned Americans to watch out for scammers asking for donations to nonexistent charities.

But, especially as fundraising pitches pile up in their inboxes and mailboxes...

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