Nonprofits Fund Their Own Threats

A nonprofit can covertly finance extremist or fringe actors while publicly listing them as threats, then use the amplified fear to raise donations, influence policy, and delegitimize political opponents. If practiced by large, trusted organizations, this creates a feedback loop: create threat → publicize threat → extract funds and influence from fear of the threat. — This pattern would reshape accountability rules for advocacy groups, donor scrutiny, and how journalists and policymakers vet threat narratives originating from influential nonprofits.