An IRS proposal that would change the way charities report donations has nonprofits in the Shenandoah Valley rallying in opposition. It would make them collect private information that puts donors at greater risk for identity theft. A professor of law and taxation, at the University of Virginia, George Yin, offered his take. “What this does is it gives an alternative to the charity to report it and then the taxpayer can still get the deduction without the receipt,” said Yin. Yin doubts many nonprofits would fill out the optional form.