The U.S. Center for Nonprofit Law (USCNL) works to create a legal environment that protects and strengthens nonprofits and civic participation in the U.S.
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🇺🇸 Several U.S. states have introduced or enacted foreign influence registration laws affecting nonprofits, or restrictions on charitable fundraising linked to foreign influence.
🔎 USCNL tracks these developments.
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Recent reports have renewed attention on federal terrorism laws and nonprofits' tax-exempt status.
USCNL examines the existing legal framework and its potential implications for U.S. civil society and freedom of association. 🇺🇸👇
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🔎At least 85 congressional investigations have targeted U.S. nonprofits since January 2025.
USCNL's updated analysis examines the trends, potential safeguards, and steps nonprofits can take to prepare.
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🇺🇸 Federal terrorism laws can have significant implications for U.S. nonprofits and activists, even though there is no standalone federal crime of “domestic terrorism.”
USCNL's resource outlines key terrorism-related offenses and designations.
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⚖️ Originally enacted to combat organized crime, the federal RICO Act has since been applied in a much wider range of cases.
USCNL's explainer examines how the law works and the key legal safeguards against its overbroad use.
🔗 Read the explainer: icnl.org/post/analysis/the-f…
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📢From anti-protest laws to surveillance and excessive force, the right to peaceful assembly faces growing challenges in the U.S.
Explore USCNL's legal analysis, protest law tracker, and resources to protect this fundamental freedom.
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🇺🇸 How are congressional investigations affecting U.S. nonprofits?
USCNL's Congressional Investigations Tracker documents select investigations since 2023, with 198 searchable entries.
Explore the tracker and accompanying legal analysis
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🔎Visit USCNL's Congressional investigations tracker: icnl.org/congressional-inves…
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A presidential memo lets the Attorney General recommend groups for designation as ‘domestic terrorist organizations’, exposing them to tax scrutiny and financial surveillance ⚡️
What should nonprofits know if they face IRS investigations?
USCNL’s latest explainer covers IRS compliance checks, audits & criminal investigations, including what can trigger them, protections for nonprofits, and practical steps to prepare
📑Read more: go.uscnl.org/YhAiv9
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One of USCNL’s most visited resources is the US Protest Law Tracker.
It tracks state and federal legislation affecting the right to peaceful assembly, making it easier to follow what’s changing across the country.
Explore the Tracker and @USCNL_org work: icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker…
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🧵 1/ Welcome to the U.S. Center for Nonprofit Law (USCNL) 🇺🇸
We work to create a legal environment that protects and strengthens nonprofits and civic participation across the United States.
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3/ Our work addresses some of the most pressing legal issues affecting nonprofits and civic participation:
• Threats to tax-exempt status
• The right to peaceful assembly
• Government investigations
• National security laws & civil liberties
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4/ USCNL is an initiative of ICNL and was previously known as ICNL’s U.S. Program.
Follow us here for legal updates, analysis, resources, and tools, such us our U.S. Protest Law tracker: icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker…
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🎇Welcome to the U.S. Center for Nonprofit Law (USCNL).
We provide nonpartisan legal analysis, track developments affecting nonprofits and civic participation, and offer practical resources for those navigating the law and working to improve it.
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