21 days ago // Money Matters
We examine the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation's focus on AI-related funding; the deployment of private capital by the Soros Economic Development Fund to address needs unmet by declining public funds; and where the Gates Foundation spends its money.
25 days ago // Humanitarian
IRC’s annual emergency watchlist warns that profit-driven conflict is spreading just as humanitarian aid is being cut, leaving crises like Sudan’s ever harder to contain.
27 days ago // The Future of US Aid
“What we’re seeing anecdotally is a recreation of the things that we just tore down,” says Rohit Nepal, the Department of State vice president at the American Foreign Service Association.
28 days ago // Devex Money Matters
the U.S. State Department obligated roughly $4.7 billion in new development and humanitarian assistance in the second half of 2025. Plus, a reboot for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and some good news for the fight to end polio.
28 days ago // The Trump Effect
Once paralyzed by upheaval, U.S. foreign aid is now trickling back out the door, totaling $4.7 billion since July as the State Department races to regain lost ground.
about 1 month ago // Global Health
Democrats have moved to safeguard UNFPA after sweeping Trump-era cuts gutted the agency’s work — but their proposal faces steep political headwinds.
about 1 month ago // Development Finance
Across the Gulf, aid has become a primary lever of diplomacy — and Syria is emerging as its latest proving ground.
about 1 month ago // Food Systems
The decision halts funding for initiatives that build resilience in chronically food-insecure regions — known as resilience food security activities or nonemergency food aid — which are designed to reduce chronic hunger and prevent future emergencies.
about 1 month ago // The Future of US Aid
A new report from the American Foreign Service Association finds that plummeting morale and mass layoffs have crippled the U.S. foreign service.
about 1 month ago // The Trump Effect
Ten months after USAID fell apart, many of the most consequential cases challenging Trump’s foreign aid agenda are still unfolding.