The Washington Post: Funding freeze thrusts foreign aid groups into crisis

ABC News: Trump’s strict foreign funding freeze sparks panic among international aid groups

House foreign aid cardinal sanguine on fiscal 2024 funding

InterAction Statement on the Consolidation of USAID and Department of State

WASHINGTON, D.C. – InterAction released the following statement on the consolidation of USAID and the Department of State. Since 1961,…

Response to Memo Proposing Drastic Reductions in Foreign Assistance Funding

"Without proper development programming to build resilience and self-sufficiency, countries will remain perpetually dependent on short-term fixes and emergency humanitarian assistance—creating an endless cycle that ultimately costs American taxpayers more, not less."

Statement on the Trump Administration’s Plan to Abolish USAID

WASHINGTON, D.C. – InterAction, the leading alliance of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and partners in the United States, issued the…

InterAction CEO Statement on Foreign Aid Preliminary Injunction

“We urge Congress to ensure the immediate release of foreign aid funds, thereby preserving a longstanding bipartisan foreign assistance system."

InterAction Statement on Announcements of USAID Staffing Reductions

InterAction, the leading alliance of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and partners in the United States, issued the following statement in response to recent staffing reductions impacting USAID.

CBS News: What Rubio told U.S. diplomats about the future of foreign aid, as most programs paused

Tom Hart, the CEO of InterAction, an alliance of 170 NGOs, says many of those groups now face bankruptcy because they cannot access credit or U.S. financing because USAID systems were taken down. About 40% of InterAction's members receive USAID funding. “‘While the policy is in place through Secretary Rubio's order, and even paperwork has been delivered to some of our partner NGOs, they've not been able to get the assistance, the money, to continue operations,’ Hart said. ‘So, we have the policy, we have the paperwork, we just don't have the funding flowing to keep that emergency relief going.’

Statement: Response to Four-Part Foreign Aid Package That Was Passed by the House

InterAction deeply appreciates the House’s passage of $9.2 billion in global humanitarian funding as part of supplemental appropriations, which provides urgent food, water, and shelter to people around the world.