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The research organizations, which in almost all cases are set up as nonprofit groups, are not required under federal law to publicly disclose their donors, though they must file federal tax returns that detail how they spend their money.
But groups like the Center for Global Development, which has published reports pushing antipoverty groups worldwide to be more transparent in their business operations, said that after being pressed by Transparify and other transparency advocates, it decided to publish a detailed accounting of its donors.
“By aiming to raise the standards for the whole field, we hope to bolster the credibility of think tanks as independent voices,” two executives at the Center for Global Development wrote this month.
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