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executive orders from the U.S. administration have imposed a freeze on foreign aid, halted numerous federal grants, withdrawn from international environmental commitments, and introduced significant restrictions on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives.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 comms@globalwa.org.
We also encourage you to visit the Boston Network for International Development’s resource page: Foreign Aid Suspension – Resources – BNID
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Last updated May 8, 2025
Table of Contents
- Nonprofit Resources
- Job Resources
- Stories of Impact
- Action Center
- Policy & Associated News
- Insights & Analysis
- Community Statements
Nonprofit Resources
- Communications in Chaotic Times – from GlobalWA, a summary article from a closed-door session held for members about alternative considerations, including word choices, regarding nonprofit communications for navigating the recent executive orders.
- 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)
- GoodAction – a platform that empowers corporations and nonprofits to create lasting change through storytelling and impactful collaborations.
- 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)
- Nonprofit Tech for Good | A Digital Marketing and Fundraising Resource for Nonprofits – Heather Mansfield, who has been running this site for at least the past 20 years, is an expert in all things nonprofit and she invites wonderful experts for courses, etc.
- 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:
Alternative Funding Sources
- Human Planet – an impact accelerator that matches NGO projects with private capital. They help structure the project and help get it ready for the “pitch.”
- 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.
- 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.
Job Resources
- Navigating the Crisis in Global Development: Job Boards, Career Guidance and Other Resources – NextBillion An extensive list of 99 resources.
- 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
- Nonprofit Jobs, Volunteering, and More – Idealist
- Jobs — DevelopmentAid
- Green Jobs Network for climate and social impact jobseekers
- ai – Your Job Search Coach – using ChatGPT, for the International Development Community
Stories of Impact
- Portland-based Mercy Corps reveals scope of humanitarian projects terminated by USAID cuts | Mercy Corps
- Statement by UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi on the impact of global aid cuts on refugees
- U.S. Foreign Aid Funding Freeze & Its Impact on LGBTIQ Communities | Outright International
- What do Trump’s proposed foreign aid cuts mean? | Oxfam
- Cutting 83% of USAID programs ‘a reckless move that will cause irreparable harm’ — Oxfam | Oxfam
- Oxfam Reaction to USAID Funding Cuts in the DRC | Oxfam
- US Aid Cuts Will Cost Lives | Mercy Corps
Action Center
- Petition: Protect All U.S. Foreign Aid – Oxfam America
- Petition: Urge Congress to defend lifesaving foreign aid – Mercy Corps
- 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 – For individuals and organizations, and there is a nice data graphic for a state-by-state analysis of $$ potential loss in grants.
- Choose to Invest from InterAction. This is an extensive, well-researched resource for where $ needs to go. Check it out – lots to explore.
- Find and contact elected officials | USAGov – Contact your elected representatives
- And use this District finder to find out who are your elected representatives here: Washington State Legislature
- 2025 Town Halls – Washington State House Democrats – Schedule
- 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
- 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
Policy & Associated News
- Nonprofits and the Trump Agenda – regularly updated aggregated list of articles from The Chronicle of Philanthropy
- USAID Stop Work Order Guidelines
- Feb 17: The Future of U.S. Foreign Assistance – a report on the State Department’s “listening session” on Feb. 14 by Maheen Mustafa, independent journalist.
- 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
Insights & Analysis
- Mar 18: A judge says the USAID shutdown was likely unconstitutional : Goats and Soda : NPR
- Mar 17: An Opportunity to Build, In the Crisis | As philanthropy rallies to the defense of the nonprofit sector, how money is spent is as important as how much. SSIR
- Taking stock of the U.S. aid freeze – 3rd edition (March 14) Linksbridge has assembled a comprehensive roundup of concrete impacts on specific programs outside the U.S. in the areas of health and nutrition.
- For many of us, it doesn’t cost much to improve someone’s life, and we can do much more of it – Our World in Data – interesting article about the data of foreign aid spending and its effects, from Our World in Data
- Action Alert on Federal Funding < The Nonprofit Alliance
- Foreign aid: The human toll of drastic cuts | The Week
- Despite “anti-woke” climate, statistics prove consumers reward Inclusive Marketing – AndHumanity
- Tipping point for large-scale social change? Just 25 percent | Penn Today
- Agenda 360: APCO‘s Timely Analysis of Critical Events and Policies – updated regularly
- The Global Aid Industry is Repeating the Mistakes that Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis: A Warning from a Former Leader at Lehman Brothers – NextBillion An alarming and enthralling article on our delicate systems and what we may need to prepare for.
- Breaking Point: First Major Survey of USAID Workers & Partners Reveals Devastating Impacts of US Funding Freeze PDF summary report from DEVEX
- Global Aid Freeze Tracker – results of a survey measuring the impact on organizations across the world affected by the US Government aid freeze.
- The New Humanitarian The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse “Preserving core data systems must be a priority.”
- Feb 15: USAID Dismantler Peter Marocco Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy — ProPublica – describes Marocco’s early positions to give insight into why he set about to dismantle USAID.
- 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
GLOBALWA MEMBERS
- CARE: Statement from CARE President and CEO, Michelle Nunn
- Gates Foundation: Statement from CEO Mark Suzman: On the U.S. Withdrawal From the World Health Organization
- University of Washington: In an uncertain environment, we are working constantly and carefully to protect research – Office of the President
- 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)
COMMUNITY
- CCS Fundraising: Letter From our President & CEO
- Statement from InterAction with several GlobalWA members: 65+ NGOs Respond to Terminations of Life-Saving Programs – InterAction
- Global Health Council: Statement from Global Health Council on the Mass Termination of USAID and State Department Grants