Happening in the States
The networks of the National Council of Nonprofits are hosting a special nationwide webinar to make sure charitable nonprofits know about the improvements to federal grantmaking rules and what the changes mean for their missions. Officials with the Office of Management and Budget will provide an overview of the Uniform Guidance, the recent significant improvements, and the implementation timeline. Additional experts from will share real-life examples of improvements for charitable nonprofits. Register for the webinar.
As legislatures begin to wind down for the year, lawmakers are completing action on numerous bills affecting nonprofit operations. In response to the devastating fires on Maui, legislators in Hawai`i passed a bill to authorize the Attorney General to regulate charitable fundraising platforms. The Vermont Legislature passed and sent to the Governor for his consideration a consumer data protections bill. The measure would establish data privacy requirements for data collectors of personal information, including nonprofits, and provide rights to consumers to opt out of processing personal information. Georgia enacted the Personal Privacy Protection Act prohibiting public agencies from requiring an individual, nonprofit, or contractor to provide to the government information identifying a person as a member, supporter, volunteer, or donor to a nonprofit.
An article, “10 Major Legal Threats to U.S. Civil Society,” exposes the increasing legal challenges in the form of restrictive new laws, aggressive enforcement, and political attacks that charitable nonprofits encounter simply for advancing their missions in communities. Challenges include government actions to criminalize the humane acts of providing food and shelter for migrants and homeless people, offering assistance to women seeking health care, and providing bail for incarcerated individuals. Also under attack are diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and trainings provided by charitable nonprofits, free speech rights, and efforts to destroy the law protecting nonprofit nonpartisanship (i.e., the longstanding Johnson Amendment).
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