claim: "there was no surge in 501(c)(4) applications in 2010."
author: tim griffin
evidence_1: may 14, 2013 ... the key story of the report seems to be this: in the summer of 2010, in response  to a huge surge in 501(c)(4) applications and media stories that some of ... it's not  definitive whether there's any evidence that the irs employees who created the  tea-party-focused test and then recreated it after the director ...
evidence_2: may 15, 2013 ... faced with a surge in new 501(c)(4) applications, an irs office in cincinnati  charged with the initial review of nonprofit applications "developed and used ...  called "dark money" groups since they do not disclose their donors -- reported  spending $315 million in the 2012 elections, and $133 million in 2010, ...
evidence_3: may 10, 2013 ... between 2010 and 2012, applications for 501(c)(4) tax exemptions nearly  doubled, to more than 2,400. as the agency has done in the ... flagged for further  examination. staff members at that office singled out the terms “tea party” and “ patriot,” she said, but not out of political bias; it was “just their shortcut.
evidence_4: aug 2, 2016 ... for example, 94% of greeks and 88% of swedes said they disapprove of how  the eu has handled the refugee issue. sweden received the third highest  number of asylum applications in 2015. and while greece was not the final  destination for most refugees in 2015, it was their main point of entry, with ...
evidence_5: politically active nonprofits – principally 501(c)(4)s and 501(c)(6)s – have  become a major force in federal elections over the last three cycles. the term " dark money" is often applied to this category of political spender because these  groups do not have to disclose the sources of their funding – though a minority do  disclose ...