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30 Op. O.L.C. 64: Financial Interests of Nonprofit Organizations

January 11, 2006

Under 18 U.S.C. § 208, a nonprofit organization does not have a “financial interest” in a particular matter solely by virtue of the fact that the organization spends money to advocate a position on the policy at issue in the matter.

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