President Donald Trump announced that federal agencies will review all funding provided to nongovernmental organizations.
"The United States Government has provided significant taxpayer dollars to NGOs, many of which are engaged in actions that actively undermine the security, prosperity, and safety of the American people," Trump said. "It is the policy of my administration to stop funding NGOs that undermine the national interest."
Trump said the heads of agencies will align future funding decisions with the interests of the United States and with the goals and priorities of his administration.
About 1.5 million NGOs operate in the U.S., according to the State Department. Groups that receive aid include Catholic Relief Services, development firm Chemonics International, and the Partnership for Supply Chain Management, which helps with logistics and distribution of medical supplies, Bloomberg reported.
Some NGOs have slashed staff and budgets in anticipation of federal funding freezes or reductions, Bloomberg said.
On Thursday, the Trump administration revealed a plan to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), leaving fewer than 300 workers out of thousands.
The plan would leave fewer than 300 staffers on the job out of what are currently 8,000 direct-hires and contractors. They, along with an unknown number of 5,000 locally hired international staffers abroad, would run the few life-saving programs that the administration says it intends to keep going for the time being.
Since Trump’s inauguration, a funding freeze has shut down most of the agency's programs worldwide, and almost all its workers have been placed on administrative leave or furloughed. The Trump administration has spoken of eliminating USAID as an independent agency and moving surviving programs under the State Department.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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