Pauses on US foreign aid and other grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling

The Trump administration has made or initiated major policy changes that impact nonprofits and their missions in its first week. Those include freezing foreign aid, withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement and prohibiting nonprofits that receive U.S. foreign aid from providing abortions. Then on Monday, the new Trump administration announced a freeze on all federal loans and grants, though that pause has been rescinded. The U.S. is the largest single global humanitarian funder and largest supporter of U.N. agencies. That means any changes to foreign assistance have sweeping impacts across geographies and issues. However, nonprofits and funders have some experience to draw on in order to cope with these changes.