Idaho Eyes Limits on Vanity Plates to Benefit Nonprofits - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.

Idaho Eyes Limits on Vanity Plates to Benefit Nonprofits - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: n the ongoing debate over vanity license plates that benefit designated nonprofits, Idaho could step out among the various states by putting at least a tiny restriction on these specialty plates. The NPQ Newswire has regularly covered the proliferation of states issuing these plates (for example, see reports from South Carolina, Indiana, Arizona and Texas) for religious organizations and sometimes ideologically motivated nonprofits. The plates raise issues (for us and others) about using the state government’s imprimatur for private interests, including religious organizations and, in at least one case (Arizona), a political movement (the Tea Party).