The critical importance of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) is sadly validated with each tragic headline about violence at a nonprofit institution or event.
We first covered this much-sought-after source of federal financial assistance last spring. What prompted that
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Nonprofit Security Grants: Prepare Now for Next Round
Last weekend’s alarming headlines of violence here at home and around the world sadly confirm that America’s 501(c)(3)s are vulnerable targets.
Organizations, large and small, generally understand that they should regularly review and upgrade their security precautions and safety protocols
Preliminary Report on Charity Fraud Awareness Week 2025
Ten years ago, “the idea that charities could fall victim to fraud was met with disbelief. The term ‘fraud’ had to be used cautiously, and the notion that charities were targeted seemed far-fetched.”
A decade later, the participants in a
Restricted Gifts: A Primer
“The end-of-year giving season is a huge deal for the nonprofit sector, driving billions of dollars in the span of a month, with a vast amount of that giving coming in the final few days of December alone!”
Generally, over
More About Executive-Order Pushback
From the stroke of noon on Inauguration Day 2025, and continuing all year, the returning administration has unleashed a “Shock-and-Awe 2.0 blitz” of political manifestos and orders turning America upside down. No segment of society has been left untouched.
The
How a State AG Can Short-Circuit A Fed Executive Order
It’s been a grueling twelve months since Election Day 2024.
Certainly, there was warning ahead of the presidential election there would be major upheavals on the agenda, but even the 900-page roadmap posted online earlier in the campaign was inadequate
The Charitable-Sector Pushback Against the Administration: One Year Post-Election
There have been standouts throughout 2025 in the pushback against the relentless wave of assaults by the second Trump administration.
For the charitable sector, highlights have included most notably: (a) the National Council of Nonprofits under the inspired leadership of
Recent Takedowns of Multi-State Charity Fraud Schemes
In the fog of federal-government chaos of 2025, “… the status quo can evaporate in a flash …” by sudden and draconian funding cuts, by whiplash-inducing (180-degree) changes of national policy or priorities, by threatened or partially effected elimination or
Going After Charitable-Solicitation Violators: Then and Now
The 1590s in England were a period of severe “social stress: plague, poverty, inflation, malnutrition, property crimes, riots and – of course – religious upheaval.”
For that matter, the entire sixteenth century was a turbulent enough time that
Another Headache for America’s Charities
It’s a news story that should have been uncovered months ago, but perhaps everyone was too distracted and overwhelmed by the daily chaos from Washington, D.C.
[Update:] Thursday, October 23, 2025, 10:25 am PDT: I uploaded this post late yesterday