Since the beginning of his second term, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant reductions to federal grants, totaling up to $177 billion. This information comes from a new tracking tool released on Wednesday, which details the extent of these financial adjustments, including cuts, freezes, eliminations, and delays in various grant programs.
Funding Disruptions Impact All States
A recent analysis revealed that funding disruptions have affected all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This comprehensive impact means that no state was excluded from the tracking process. However, the initial findings do not provide a complete dollar figure for each state. For precise amounts related to specific states, users are directed to consult the Lost Funds database, which details thousands of individual funding disruptions, as reported by ABC News.
The $177 billion figure includes grants that were eliminated, frozen or delayed. The groups said the $177 billion in disrupted grants is nearly 10% of federal discretionary spending. Earlier reporting noted: Trump admin cuts $177 billion in federal grants across all 50 US states: Report US President Donald Trump. Earlier reporting noted: The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to USD 177 billion in federal grants since President Donald Trump began his second term, with disruptions affecting all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a tracking tool released by the States United Democracy Center and Grant Witness.
It therefore represents funding disruptions rather than only money that has been permanently cancelled. Earlier reporting noted: According to the Associated Press, the figure was released through a new tracking tool called Lost Funds, launched by the States United Democracy Center and Grant Witness, a group of researchers and scientists.
California, Texas, New York, Illinois and North Carolina recorded the highest total amounts of interrupted federal grant money, according to the analysis. The groups said health, nutrition, environmental programmes and disaster relief accounted for the largest share of the funding disruptions. In Michigan, some disrupted funding was connected to maternal health programmes, according to the analysis, according to ABC News. In Iowa, funding that supported minority farmers was among the grants affected by the administration’s actions, according to the analysis. The organisations said the scale of the disruptions goes beyond the kind of funding changes that normally happen when a new presidential administration takes office.
The tracker allows users to look at the funding disruptions by state, federal agency and specific programme. The underlying data was compiled from USASpending.gov, the federal government’s public database of spending information. The impact also varied by state and programme. In Mississippi, some of the affected grants were linked to education research , the researchers found.
The Lost Funds database is expected to be updated regularly as the Trump administration takes new actions and as lawsuits over the funding decisions move through the courts, according to ABC News. Some of the administration’s grant cuts have also faced legal challenges in court. In some cases, courts have ruled against the administration’s efforts to cut grant funding. The States United Democracy Center describes itself as a nonpartisan organisation focused on the rule of law and free, fair and secure elections. Grant Witness describes itself as a group of scientists, researchers and attorneys documenting changes in federal funding under the Trump administration.
