Charity website flags dozens of nonprofits as hate groups

(AP) — A website that touts itself as the world's largest source of information about charities has added a new feature: a warning label on tax-exempt nonprofits accused of spreading hate.

Adding new data sources is part of that shift, but Harold also framed the warning labels as a response to the recent rise in "hateful rhetoric" in the U.S.

Some of the groups have accused the Alabama-based law center of using its hate group label to smear organizations that don't share its ideology by lumping them in with overtly hateful groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan.

Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, said GuideStar is damaging its reputation as "neutral arbiters of information."

Tax experts doubt the groups' donors will be scared off by the banners on GuideStar, which is primarily known for keeping a massive database of IRS tax returns for nonprofits.

GuideStar's profile on Richard Spencer's Virginia-based National Policy Institute also notes that the IRS automatically revoked its tax-exempt status for failing to file tax returns for three consecutive years.