Civics: New IRS Complaint Alleges “Zuck Bucks” Groups’ Illegal Partisanship in 2020 Election

Hayden Ludwig

newly filed complaint with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleges that three tax-exempt organizations—the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL), Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR), and National Vote at Home Institute—unlawfully intervened in the 2020 election in order to aid Democrats.

Under IRS rules, 501(c)(3) nonprofits that engage in partisan election intervention are subject to loss of their tax exemption.

A second IRS complaint alleges that billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, made unlawful personal income tax deductions on the roughly $400 million they gifted to CTCL and CEIR in 2020—funds which were routed through the left-leaning intermediary Silicon Valley Community Foundation—since those organizations were engaged in illegal campaign activities.