7 Key Takeaways | The Changing Landscape of Federal Funding in the Trump Administration
Federal grant recipients have long faced uncertainty when a change in administration brings new policy priorities. Recent decisions – both from the courts and U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) – provide benchmarks...more
Last week, President Trump issued Executive Order 14332, Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking. The order imposes a new review process to realign discretionary grant awards and ensure that any future grants issued under...more
WHAT: On August 7, 2025, President Trump released an Executive Order (EO), “Improving Oversight Of Federal Grantmaking.” Citing a study from 2024 that claimed more than a quarter of the new National Science Foundation (NSF)...more
On July 24, 2025, the Trump Administration turned to the U.S. Supreme Court to block U.S. District Judge Young’s preliminary injunction prohibiting the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from cutting hundreds of grant...more
WHAT: A Massachusetts federal judge blocked the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from cutting hundreds of programs that provide grants to universities, hospitals, and other organizations. The judge found that NIH offered...more
Policy shifts, court challenges, and strategic considerations for organizations navigating federal directives on DEI....more
President Trump issued two anti-DEI executive orders at the start of his second term that shook up the workplace and left federal contractors and private employers wondering how to comply. Employers grappled with...more
On January 27, 2025, the new Administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Memorandum ordering a total freeze on “all federal financial assistance” that could be targeted under his previous executive orders...more
Since President Trump took office on January 20, 2025, he has issued an unprecedented number of presidential actions, including 62 executive orders and numerous declarations, proclamations, announcements, memoranda, grants of...more
On Monday January 27th, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum instituting a pause on federal grant and loan programs. This memo quickly became the subject of litigation, further guidance...more
Many parties are rightly concerned about the impact of yesterday’s announcement that nearly all federal funds will be frozen for an indeterminate period. Minutes before it was intended to go into effect today, a federal judge...more
On Monday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum (“memo”) directing all federal departments and agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or...more
The much anticipated Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) was deluged with applicants. According to Restaurant Dive, more than 362,000 applications were received in the first three weeks of the program for a total of $75...more