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Editor's note:
The Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development essentially ended the era of humanitarian assistance that depended on funding from the U.S. government. The U.S. accounted for $64 billion, more than 28%, of the $223 billion in official development assistance that governments provided in 2023, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Also known as overseas aid, those funds could go directly to other countries, to humanitarian aid, to fund the work of the United Nations or to help refugees.
“The American people delivered a mandate for President Trump to root out inefficiencies across the federal government,” a State Department spokesperson told The Associated Press’ Thalia Beaty. Neither other governments nor private foundations are in a position to fill the gap, according to program executives, aid researchers and nonprofit workers.
So how will the world’s charitable organizations replace all that funding?
News and trends
Trump order denies student loan relief to nonprofit workers engaged in ‘improper’ activity
Executive action alters the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
By Collin Binkley/The Associated Press
The poverty alleviation nonprofit has delivered more than $800 million to over 1.6 million people, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa. Now it is experimenting with, and learning from, cash payments to recipients in the United States.
By Stephanie Beasley/Chronicle of Philanthropy
Commentary and analysis
How to build a climate funding strategy in the age of Trump
As federal climate policy is dismantled, grantmakers need to end their silence and get to work.
By Jacob Harold, Berggruen Institute, for the Chronicle of Philanthropy
Zakat is an obligatory charitable practice for which donations are traditionally made through institutions. By Shariq Siddiqui, Indiana University, for The Conversation U.S.
Other nonprofit news of note
- The house that Second Chance built – for its founder (Baltimore Banner)
- Microsoft philanthropy leader will salsa her way to helping combat homelessness in ‘Seattle Dances’ (Geekwire)
- Climate nonprofit sues EPA over billions in frozen funds (New York Times)
- The Lumina Foundation’s ambitious but attainable goal for American postsecondary education (Washington Monthly)
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