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Nonprofit organizations across Iowa and around the country have been in a state of flux this year as President Donald Trump’s administration has drastically shifted federal funding priorities, moving money away from grant programs that social service providers have historically relied on.

The nonprofit landscape is constantly shifting, and while providers can’t say with any certainty where recent changes will take them in the next few years, they agree on one thing: federal funding cannot be replaced by community philanthropy alone.

“If there are less federal dollars coming into our nonprofits, philanthropy cannot fill that hole at all, and there will be more people who need more services. At

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