A Portland, Oregon, nonprofit organization called the Avenue Foundation gives $1,000 grants, marketing consulting, and coaching sessions to small businesses. The American Alliance for Equal Rights filed a complaint against Avenue Foundation with the IRS this month, and the underlying facts aren’t in dispute. Every dollar that flows through Avenue Foundation tax-free is a dollar the rest of us make up for through the tax code. Avenue Foundation is a useful test case precisely because the paper trail is so clean. He writes about issues in finance, constitutional law, national security, human nature, and public policy.