Leading Boldly
Resources to Support You in the Wake of Executive Actions Impacting Our Sector & Our Communities
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Latest Developments (Updated 4/24/2025)
- On April 23, Trump signed several executive orders, targeting universities that he views as liberal adversaries to his political agenda. One order called for harder enforcement of a federal law requiring colleges to disclose their financial ties with foreign sources, while another called for a shakeup of the accrediting bodies that decide whether colleges can accept federal financial aid awarded to students. Trump also ordered the Education Department to root out efforts to ensure equity in discipline in the nation’s K-12 schools. Read more.
- On April 21, Harvard University announced it filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. In an April 11 letter to Harvard, the Trump administration had called for broad government and leadership reforms at the university and changes to its admissions policies. It also demanded the university audit views of diversity on campus and stop recognizing some student clubs. Read more.
- America’s Service Commissions is sharing a statement in response to the AmeriCorps agency staff reductions and AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps demobilization. Read more.
Timely Resources
- Nonprofits Under Fire: How the IRS Can – and Cannot – Revoke Federal Tax-Exempt Status • Tenenbaum Law Group PLLC
- Joint Statement on Threats to Civil Society and the Independence of the Charitable Sector • Independent Sector
- Myth v. Reality: Executive Branch Lacks Authority to Target Nonprofit Organizations • National Council of Nonprofits
- Tracking Recent Executive Orders that Could Impact the Sector • National Council of Nonprofits (Ongoing)
- White House Listing of Presidential Actions • The White House (Ongoing)
- Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions • Just Security (Ongoing)