U.S. nonprofit organizations that want to financially support projects abroad may need special legal arrangements in order to: · Send tax-deductible donations to a specific foreign organization, or · For small organizations, find a
A new online toolkit from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) will help operational organizations identify counterterrorism risks so that they can manage and mitigate them. The Toolkit for Principled Humanitarian Action also “aims to make
In its ninth annual report on the State of Civil Society, CIVICUS in 2020 provides "a snapshot of a world that might just have changed irrevocably." As the report was being finalized, the COVID-19 pandemic
A new report offers advice for banks, humanitarian organizations and donors to work together to move humanitarian program funds to aid civilians in need in Syria while complying with European Union (EU), U.S., and United
In the spring of 2018, the Charity & Security Network learned of several lawsuits filed in U.S. courts against nonprofit organizations (NPOs) that receive USAID funding. Using a law meant to combat fraud against
The Zionist Advocacy Center’s (TZAC) May 26, 2020 Facebook post announced that it filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The complaint alleges that the WESPAC Foundation, a Westchester County, NY social justice
The complex maze of U.S. sanctions creates significant concerns for nonprofit organizations operating internationally. Standards are inconsistent across various sanctions programs, humanitarian exemptions are limited or nonexistent and vagueness creates compliance challenges. In this webinar,
On May 27 U.S. Representatives Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ted Deutch (D-FL), and Max Rose (D-NY) introduced the National Commission on U.S. Counterterrorism Policy Act. The bill proposes the formation of
New changes to two documents related to USAID’s contract and certification process have reduced the “look-back” period from 10 to three years, and clarified that grantees need only check U.S. government and UN terrorist lists
By Zach Theiler Hazem Rihawi, a native from Aleppo, Syria, told me of his journey from work as a first responder in Syria, to his current home in Washington D.C. where he advocates for