When Trump took office last January, one of his first orders was to freeze trillions of dollars in federal funding and grants that many nonprofits — including schools, hospitals, and affordable-housing programs — rely on to operate. Within days, the order was blocked by a judge and rescinded , but the damage had already been done: In the shuffle that followed, many federal agencies continued to withhold funding , causing delays and confusion for nonprofits that depend on it. In addition, the administration targeted organizations that had adopted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies , which Trump deemed “illegal .”
Since then, nonprofits have hemorrhaged jobs and scrubbed any language alluding to DEI practices from their webs