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Subject: How a Trade War Will Hurt Nonprofits
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The Trump administration is planning to ask Congress to rescind $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, sources told the New York Times. That amounts to two years of funding, most of which goes to local member stations of NPR and PBS. Another $100 million for emergency communications would be left intact. Given perennial attempts by Republicans in the White House and Congress to defund it, NPR produced a report in 2011 that concluded that “up to 18 percent of roughly 1,000 member stations across the United States would close,” if government funding dried up, with the Midwest, South, and West most affected. (New York Times)
One of the country’s oldest and largest criminal justice nonprofits has had federal grants canceled, in what the organization’s vice president is calling “an opening salvo” in the Trump administration’s campaign against criminal justice reform. The Vera Institute of Justice is appealing the decision, which imperils about $5 million worth of funding for “programs to improve prison conditions and mental health crisis response, as well as training law enforcement to better serve deaf survivors of domestic violence.” Vice President Insha Rahman said the Vera Institute was the first criminal justice nonprofit to be targeted, via a form letter, likely for its vocal criticism of the Trump administration. The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment. In fiscal 2023, the organization had revenue of $263 million, according to tax filings. (Mother Jones)
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