http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/55b41774e9a81839 https://verfassungsblog.de/trump-nonprofits/ Trump’s Threat to Nonprofits - How the Government is Using Tax Law to Pressure Nonprofits and How Nonprofits Can Respond Hitashi Mayer, Lloyd eng 2025-06-03 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Authoritarian Populism Donald Trump Trump Donald | 1946- | Geschäftsmann Unternehmer Politiker US Congress USA USA. Congress USA. Supreme Court civil society Trump Donald | 1946- | Geschäftsmann Unternehmer Politiker USA. Congress USA. Supreme Court Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The administration of President Trump is threatening nonprofits with the loss of tax-exempt status in an attempt to force them to conform their activities to policies favored by that administration. The threats are based on shaky legal grounds, and nonprofits have both constitutional and statutory bases for countering them. Nevertheless, these threats are significant, especially when combined with the administration’s efforts to cut government funding for many programs operated by nonprofits. And at the same time, the U.S. Congress is considering reducing the benefits of tax-exempt status in many ways, primarily to help pay for tax cuts benefitting wealthy individuals and corporations.