The Trump-Vance administration has launched an unprecedented assault on federal grants, weaponizing funding to coerce grantees, unilaterally terminating awards in violation of federal law, and withholding funds from critical programs. These efforts are having a devastating impact on vulnerable people and communities across the country.
Litigation has been a crucial tool in fighting back. But the administration’s lack of transparency in responding to legal challenges has created confusion for grantees, subgrantees, advocates, lawyers, and others working in this area.
To help stakeholders understand and respond to this crisis, Democracy 2025 has launched the Federal Grants Hub, focused on providing:
- Comprehensive tracking of threats to federal funding and unlawful grants actions.
- Legal challenge updates in plain language, regularly updated.
- Practical tools to help grantees and advocates navigate the evolving landscape.
This Federal Grants Hub is a living resource and will be updated on a regular basis.
Featured Resource
What Grantees Should Know About Grant Conditions and the Current Federal Funding Landscape
This memorandum identifies and explains conditions that have been placed on select grants, and the litigation challenging those conditions, specifically support services to survivors of crime, and community planning, development, and health and human services grants.
Learn moreList of Executive Branch Grant Programs & Statutory Authorities
This resource provides a comprehensive list of all federal grant programs and the relevant statutory and regulatory authority.
Repository of Evidence in Grants Cases
This resource collects and organizes publicly available declarations, administrative records, and other publicly available evidence produced by the government through litigation regarding federal funding. This evidence repository is intended to streamline grantee, counsel, and public access to the evidence regarding their efforts to impose unlawful conditions on federal funding to help grantees, advocates, and the public more easily identify key information and common trends in the government’s actions.
Other Resources
Resources to help partners navigate the federal funding landscape.
Democracy 2025 will host regular discussion group check-ins where grantees, subgrantees, and related partners can discuss together and receive live support in understanding the informational materials and the federal funding landscape overall; exchange information with peers; ask questions about the status of ongoing litigation; and support each other in navigating the many challenges that grantees face in trying to continue to provide vital services in this moment.
Find more resources in our secure Democracy 2025 Resource Center.
If you have questions about understanding these resources, please contact democracy2025@democracyforward.org.