Charity & Security Network

Civic and Social OrganizationsDistrict of Columbia, United States2-10 Employees

Charity & Security Network is a small nonprofit based in Washington, DC, focused on reforming U.S. counterterrorism laws and policies to protect both national security and the work of charitable organizations. It notes that short-term security measures adopted after 2001 have had lasting negative effects on the U.S. nonprofit sector, including frozen donor funds and broad interpretations of material support that can clash with humanitarian standards. Founded in 2008 by charities, grantmakers, faith-based groups, and advocacy organizations, the network pursues public education, the development of alternative regulatory approaches, and coordination among nonprofit stakeholders to pursue reform.

In 2025, the organization launched the Civil Society Rights and Resiliency Project to provide nonprofits with legal tools, rapid-response resources, and community wisdom to withstand government crackdowns on civil society. Its collaborative history includes partnerships with the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the American Friends Service Committee in 2020 to explain how U.S. sanctions impede human rights and the ability of humanitarian organizations to respond effectively to the COVID pandemic, as well as a 2019 collaboration with the Alliance for Peacebuilding on humanitarian safeguards in policy design. The Charity & Security Network operates within the civic and social sector, engaging a broad set of nonprofit stakeholders to explore reform avenues and build civil society resilience.

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