Non-Profit Rights
The relationship between government and its many private partners is complicated and of growing importance. Our society relies on non-profit groups to provide vital services. But for non-profits who also engage in advocacy and other forms of protected free expression, this partnership carries risks. Advocacy groups can, for example, often incite anger and are subject to direct and indirect governmental retaliation. The government can reduce—or terminate—funding, impose onerous restrictions on funding, and may encumber funding with restrictions that control the freedom of grant recipients to use their own funds to speak freely on issues of public importance.
To assist nonprofits whose First Amendment rights are
threatened, the
The Brennan Center is challenging funding restrictions put on organizations that receive Global AIDS Act funding.
The Brennan Center is challenging funding restrictions put on organizations that receive Global AIDS Act funding.
Court Rules Government Cannot Enforce Speech Restriction on Humanitarian Groups
In AOSI v. USAID, a federal judge enjoined the government from enforcing a restriction against health and humanitarian groups participating in the federal government’s international HIV/AIDS program
The Constitutionality of Restrictions on the Federal Affordable Housing Fund
A memorandum exploring the constitutionality of proposed restrictions on the federal affordable housing fund
An Important Vote to Protect Charity Lobbying Rights
An article describing the legal services “poison pill” restriction and its relationship to more recent efforts to defund nonprofit advocacy work.
LCCR Urges Congress to Rollback Draconian Legal Services Restrictions
In a letter outlining its legislative priorities for the 111th Congress, LCCR asks Members to remove restrictions on legal services for low-income communities.