By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent

In the first months of 2025, America’s safety net began to fray. From food banks to community health programs, thousands of nonprofits found their government funding delayed, frozen, or stripped away. The Urban Institute’s October 2025 report, How Government Funding Disruptions Affected Nonprofits in Early 2025, captures what those on the ground already knew. The country’s moral infrastructure is buckling under the weight of political choices and bureaucratic neglect.

The report found that one in three nonprofits experienced some form of government funding disruption between January and June. Twenty-one percent lost at least some government funding. Twenty-seven percent saw funds delayed or frozen. Six percent received stop-

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