Legislation approved this week by the California Assembly would force some nonprofits to record the sexual orientation of board members, as well as the number of grants awarded to homosexual groups.
Under AB 624, foundations with assets over $250 million would be compelled to collect information including the racial, gender and sexual orientation composition of the board of directors; and the number of grants awarded to organizations serving ethnic minority communities and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
"Requiring foundations to collect — and publicize — the gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation of their directors and staffs, and the same data for communities and groups receiving their grants, is no doubt an incremental step toward forced diversity quotas," said Becky Burgoyne, research analyst for the California Family Council. "Mandating the gathering of such intrusive information will negatively impact the activities and impact of charity work."
AB 624 will be considered by the Senate in the next few months.
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