Devex: Trump budget proposes unprecedented, ‘reckless’ cuts to foreign aid

Devex: US Congress passes budget bill, but questions remain on foreign aid

Beyond the Noise: Crisis Communications in Foreign Aid

We are pleased to invite you to InterAction’s second event in our new ConnectAid series. This hybrid event on Wednesday, April 9 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m., is only open to InterAction Members.

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."

The New York Times: Supreme Court’s Ruling a Victory for Foreign Aid Groups, but How Big Is Unclear

AP: Trump’s ending of 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts slams programs around the world

Devex: The end of foreign aid as we know it

Face the Nation: Head of NGO coalition says U.S. foreign aid freeze has been “devastating”

InterAction CEO Tom Hart sat down with Margaret Brennan to discuss the impact of the pause on foreign assistance.

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.’

Bloomberg Government: Foreign Aid Lockout Pushes Contractors to Brink of Insolvency