The September 28, 2026 Navigator News Update examines major developments affecting nonprofit federal grants, tax-exempt status, employment, finance, governance, and state compliance. OMB’s paused Uniform Guidance rewrite raises potential DEI and E-Verify obligations, the continuing resolution may delay new competitive grant awards through December 11, and a proposed 2030 Census rule, proposed limits on bank grant credit under the Community Reinvestment Act, and new House investigations raise funding and oversight concerns. IRS proposals affecting schools and colleges and new reporting procedures create additional compliance demands. Employers face OFCCP affirmative-action rollbacks, H-1B fee changes, farmworker protection changes, and discrimination enforcement. State developments include Florida’s nonprofit-law overhaul and property-tax ballot measure, new funding opportunities, privacy protections, governance enforcement, and mandatory California registry online filing.
