Nigeria, May 12 -- US civil society and philanthropy organisations are working together to protect their tax-exempt status from any potential attempt to revoke it by the Donald Trump administration.

The Wall Street Journal reported that grantmakers across the political spectrum, including the Ford Foundation, the Gates Foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation, are discussing possible ways to respond should the administration make such an attempt.

Many of the foundations have discussed whether to seek legal representation as a class or individually, should their tax status come under fire, the WSJ reported.

The Trump administration has not explicitly pledged to revoke foundations' tax-exempt status, though it is exploring ways to chal...