Resources for Global Development Organizations 2025
Recent executive orders from the U.S. administration have imposed a freeze on foreign aid, halted numerous federal grants, withdrawn from international environmental commitments, and introduced significant restrictions on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives. These actions have immediate and devastating implications for our collective work to improve lives and strengthen communities around the world.
Below you will find multiple articles and resources we have aggregated from numerous sources which we hope will help you understand the situation as it unfolds and what opportunities are available. We will update this regularly.
If you have a resource you feel would benefit our community, please email it to info@globalwa.org.
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- Policy & Associated News
- Events
- Resources
- Action Center
- Job Sources & Job Help
- Alternative Funding Sources
- Insights & Analysis
- Community Statements
Policy & Associated News
- Nonprofits and the Trump Agenda – regularly updated aggregated list of articles from The Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Feb 14: Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze existing aid programs | Devex – a victory but time will tell if it’s enforced
- Feb 11: Major new lawsuit filed by USAID contractors, NGOs challenges aid freeze | Devex
- Feb 10: WFP to resume food aid delivery after halt due to US stop-work order | Devex
- Feb 10: Chart of Executive Orders – from the National Council of Nonprofits; updated regularly
- Feb 5: The New Humanitarian | Inklings | What story will humanitarians tell in a Trump world? “Who’s driving the bus?”
- Feb 5: Trump, Musk’s USAID Shutdown, Explained | Foreignpolicy.com
- Feb 5: WATCH: Rubio makes deal with Guatemala to accept migrants deported from other countries from U.S. | PBS News (17 min.)
- Jan: Executive Actions Impacting the Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors | United Philanthropy Forum
- Jan 24: State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide | AP News
- Jan 21 EO: Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity – The White House
- Jan 20 EO: Reevaluating And Realigning United States Foreign Aid – The White House
Events
- Webinar (Series) by Center for Nonprofit Advancement and The Collective Good | February 13, 20 | How to Be Nimble: Free Webinar Series to Help You Navigate Upcoming Changes | https://www.nonprofitadvancement.org/event/what-the-good-free-webinar-series-to-help-you-navigate-upcoming-changes/ (cred: Giving Compass)
- Webinar by Lightful | February 14 | Navigating funding uncertainty: strengthening your fundraising strategy | https://lightful.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yZ6YKvkSRBy2oON294dWPA#/registration (cred: Giving Compass)
- Webinar by Freewill | Pre-recorded session available on demand | How to think about the funding freeze (and unfreeze), and 4 immediate steps to take | https://www.nonprofits.freewill.com/resources/webinars/federal-funding-uncertainty-2025 (cred: Giving Compass)
- Webinar by National Council of Nonprofits | Pre-recorded session available on demand | https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/form/executive-actions-impact-nonprofits (cred: Giving Compass)
Resources
- FreeWill + Grant Assistant: Executive Order Analyzer – enter your information to see how you are affected, and receive a tailored assessment and tools and guidance to adapt your strategy (cred: Giving Compass)
- Leave No Power on the Table – Independent Sector – The Leave No Power on the Table initiative is an educational series and nonpartisan pledge campaign that equips nonprofits with the resources and support they need to strengthen their influence and better serve their constituents through advocacy, civic engagement, and voter participation. (cred: Giving Compass)
- Navigating the USG Funding Pause for Foreign Assistance Programs: Guidance Document | Humentum
- We Have a Playbook for International Resilience and Resistance – ICTworks
- New guidance on high-quality feedback helps boost nonprofit performance | National Council of Nonprofits – great article outlining eight Core Principles outlining the essential features of high-quality listening and feedback
- Ethics and Accountability for Nonprofits | National Council of Nonprofits
- USAID affiliated websites that are still available (cred: Bethany Brown):
Action Center
- Foreign Aid Bridge Fund – Unlock Aid, in collaboration with a number of partners, is raising an emergency fund to enable high-impact organizations with sustainable business models to get back to work to prevent unnecessary harm and disruption to millions of people.
- How You Can Help — USAIDStopWork
- Find and contact elected officials | USAGov – Contact your elected representatives
- Survey: USAID Freeze Impact Survey – DEVEX anonymous survey on effects of funding freeze
- Survey: Has Your Nonprofit Been Affected by Federal Funding Cuts? We Want to Hear From You. – The New York Times
- Petition: Protect All U.S. Foreign Aid – Oxfam America
- Survey: Sign-On Letter for Nonprofit Organizations | National Council of NonprofitsFundraiser by Hope Armanus : Support IRC Employees and Programs in Crisis
- Support: How to help refugees and asylum seekers under President Trump | International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- Support: 1 Dollar, 1 World – WHO Foundation Fundraiser
- Support: GlobalGiving Community Aid Fund – GlobalGiving
Job Sources & Job Help
- Job Seekers_Job Opportunities for Int’l Dev Professionals – Google Sheets – note the various tabs: add your name, see opportunities, get help
- GlobalWA Job Board GlobalWA members’ available jobs
- Jobs — DevelopmentAid
- Green Jobs Network for climate and social impact jobseekers
- ai – Your Job Search Coach – using ChatGPT, for the International Development Community
Alternative Funding Sources
- Supporting US organizations: up to 90 days of free access to tenders and grants DevelopmentAid – Free 90-day access
- Risk Pool Fund – founded by the Eleanor Crook Foundation, Vitol Foundation, CRI Foundation, and Open Road Alliance, is a pooled resource specifically targeted to prevent the derailment of otherwise fully funded maternal and child health and nutrition projects in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Insights & Analysis
- Agenda 360: APCO’s Timely Analysis of Critical Events and Policies – updated regularly
- Global Aid Freeze Tracker – results of a survey measuring the impact on organizations across the world affected by the US Government aid freeze.
- Taking stock of the U.S. aid freeze – Linksbridge has assembled a comprehensive roundup of concrete impacts on specific programs outside the U.S. in the areas of health and nutrition.
- Feb 13: Article from SSIR: An interview with Marshall Ganz on what the social sector gets wrong about power and structural change – In a life dedicated to organizing people to make change—from working with SNCC and the United Farm Workers to Nancy Pelosi, Jerry Brown, and President Obama—Marshall Ganz has seen and learned a lot, lessons he’s passed on for decades as a lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School.
- Feb 12: The New Humanitarian | Inklings policy newsletter: Thoughts on aid dependency amid Trump chaos
- Feb 10: The Impacts of the Recent Executive Orders on Nonprofits | National Council of Nonprofits
- Feb 9: Save Foreign Aid – YouTube – impactful video from Friends of USAID
- Feb 7: a360-Philanthropy-and-Nonprofit-Memo.pdf – from APCO; Implications of Trump Administration Actions on Foundations and Nonprofits
- Feb 4: What Is the Full Cost of Dismantling USAID? – The Atlantic
- Feb 4: Federal Judge Briefly Halts Funding Freeze Affecting Nonprofits – NonProfit PRO – includes a list of the EO’s that may alter federal funding
- Jan 31: The New Humanitarian | Trump stop-work orders hit local aid and frontline communities
- Jan 22: IRC urges US government to make America’s asylum system safe, fair and organized | International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- Jan 21: Trump’s Executive Action Delivers Direct Attack on Trans, Nonbinary and Intersex People | Outright International
- Jan 9: The New Humanitarian | What’s shaping aid policy in 2025
- Historical ref. 2021-2022: Global Resources Report Government and Philanthropic Support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Communities
Community Statements
- Gates Foundation: Statement from CEO Mark Suzman: On the U.S. Withdrawal From the World Health Organization
- CCS Fundraising: Letter From our President & CEO
- PeaceTrees Vietnam: State Department Halts Mine-Clearing Programs : News & Events : PeaceTrees Vietnam – GlobalWA member
- GIVE: Make a gift to support PeaceTrees’ EOD technicians, ensuring they can meet basic needs until they return to the field. They’ve made Vietnam safer—let’s stand with them now.
- ADVOCATE: Use our Advocacy Toolkit to contact your elected officials.
- AMPLIFY: Share our official press release within your own networks.
- International Rescue Committee: IRC urges US government to make America’s asylum system safe, fair and organized | International Rescue Committee (IRC)