But what a political campaign does with donors' information--from any bundler, not just Visible Vote--is beyond a bundler's control.
So the volume of online giving, bolstered by a host of ways for donors to share information about their giving, is going nowhere but up.
The controversy arose last year, when newly formed tea-party and other conservative groups that had applied for tax-exempt status began receiving letters from the IRS asking them to disclose their donors and other information that typically isn't requested.
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The controversy arose in early 2012, when reports began to surface that newly formed tea-party and other conservative groups that had applied for tax-exempt status were receiving letters from the IRS asking for disclosure of their donors and other information that typically isn't requested of groups making such applications.
Many groups say they were asked for lists of their donors and other sensitive information.
Manis says charities can insert them into text messages to provide more information to donors and potential donors.
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Last November, e-mail solicitation company Convio was breached by hackers, revealing personal information of donors to nearly 100 charities that used the service.
But churches, unlike many other nonprofit organizations, aren't required to file 501(c)(3) tax forms, which make it easy for donors to look up information outlining finances and management.
We also learned this week that the IRS leaked information about donors to at least one nonprofit group that opposes homosexual marriage to a group that supports homosexual marriage.
On the other, donor-conceived offspring have a right for access to medical and perhaps personal information about those donors.
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Despite the document, White House deputy press secretary Barry Toiv denied that the database, which included information on over 200, 000 donors, supporters, friends, legislators, dignitaries and journalists, was used for political purposes.
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It found IRS managers had allowed "inappropriate criteria" to be developed and stay in place for more than 18 months, resulting in "substantial delays" in processing applications for tax-exempt status, and requests for "unnecessary information", such as lists of donors.
But he said increased awareness of the need for organ donors, through government campaigns, and other sources of information were the key to increasing donor numbers.
But legally requiring fertility clinics to disclose to donors at age 18, at minimum, anonymized medical information and actual identifying information unless the donor opts-out ignores both how fertility treatments are provided in the US and the fact that parents are routinely given all that information during the donor selection process.
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Fundraisers can glean information to help them better target their pitches to donors.
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Their Web platforms allow donors to track grant activities and access extensive national databases with relevant information about prospective grantee organizations.
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