Last updated: December 19 at 8:41 a.m.
By: David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy
For over 30 years our experts have been posting about issues critical to North Carolina nonprofits, including public policy.
2025 Nonprofit Policy Year in Review (and Preview of Things to Come in 2026)
Date posted: 12/18/2025
If you had to provide a one-word description of the year in public policy for nonprofits, what would it be?
Unprecedented.
If you could expand that description to two words, what would they be?
Predictably unpredictable.
Is DEI Now "Illegal Discrimination" for Nonprofits?
4 minute read
In a variety of Executive Orders, departmental memoranda, and public statements, President Trump and others in his administration have indicated this year that they believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and practices constitute “illegal discrimination.” These recent executi
Federal Grant Freezes, Terminations, and Cuts in 2025
6 minute read
Ever since the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) attempted to freeze trillions of dollars in federal funding back in January, the 30% of nonprofits that receive federal grant funds (plus many others than receive federal funding indirectly or whose serve people and communities that participate
Final PSLF Regulations Make Virtually No Changes to Problematic Proposed Rule
4 minute read
Updated October 31, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.
Are 501(c)(3) Nonprofits Still Required to Be Nonpartisan? (Yes, They Are!)
10 minute read
Last updated: July 10 at 3:25 p.m.
By: David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy
Tax Provisions Affecting Nonprofits in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
14 minute read
Last updated: July 8, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.
NC Nonprofits and Unemployment Insurance
1 minute read
Nonprofits fall into one of three categories for the purposes of UI laws:
Weakening the Nonpartisanship Provision in Section 501(c)( 3) Would Harm Nonprofits
4 minute read
David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
Executive Order on Election Administration
3 minute read
President Trump Issues Executive Order Seeking Changes to Federal Election Processes (and Inaccurately Describing Law on Lobbying by Nonprofits with Federal Funds)