The 23 USAID nonprofit organizations that lost the most

Last week, Devex revealed a leaked list of USAID awards, including those that had been terminated and retained following a review. Previously, we looked at the hardest-hit for-profit contractors. Now, Devex has now identified the nonprofit organizations that are most impacted by the cuts. Following the same methodology used in our analysis of for-profit U.S. Agency for International Development contractors, Devex relied on the most recent data submitted to the U.S. Congress. Funding is defined in the list as either “obligated” or “unobligated”. Obligated funding has all been legally committed already, but it remains important to track because, in many cases, it may not yet have all been spent. However, there is no clear way to identify how much funding has been obligated but not disbursed. We therefore use “unobligated” funding — the portion of an award not yet legally committed — as the clearest indicator of what has and has not been cut. Unobligated funding represents all the money that might be spent over the whole future of an award — it’s not an annual figure, and it’s also not guaranteed that all that money will in fact be spent. In some cases, we also look at the total value of an award, which includes both obligated and unobligated funding. We found 23 organizations that will lose $100 million or more in unobligated funding due to terminated awards. Overall, these organizations will stand to lose around $6 billion in unobligated funding, spanning all sectors. Before looking at this list, however, it’s also worth identifying some big names that didn’t make the list. Save the Children, often among USAID’s top grantees, had $84.5 million in canceled, unobligated funding across 32 terminated awards, but still holds 25 active awards with potentially almost $132 million left to be obligated. Similarly, another traditional top USAID grantee, World Vision, lost out on $22.7 million in future funds across 16 awards. However, it still holds 14 active USAID awards with an unobligated ceiling of $140 million. Each listing includes the number of terminated awards, the value of funds that were to be obligated but will no longer be, and the percentage of the award that had already been obligated before termination. For remaining active awards, we include the total estimated cost, which represents the ceiling of the award, not a guaranteed payout, and the amount that has been obligated to date. In this analysis, we treat the unobligated portion of active awards as part of each organization’s current portfolio, while acknowledging that this represents only potential future funding, not assured future dollars. 1. FHI 360 ​​Terminated awards: 46 Terminated unobligated funding: $1.4 billion Remaining active awards: 16 Remaining active (unobligated): $783.5 million Remaining active (obligated): $1.5 billion FHI 360 lost 46 awards with a total estimated cost of $2.1 billion, with only 36% — or $762.9 million — obligated before the cancellation. The biggest award that was canceled has an estimated total of $325 million for the improvement of health systems, which was only stated last year and was supposed to finish by 2029. 2. RTI International ​​Terminated awards: 48 Terminated unobligated funding: $740.4 million Remaining active awards: 1 Remaining active (unobligated): $27.8 million Remaining active (obligated): $49.95 million The Research Triangle Institute, also known as RTI International, has 48 terminated awards, estimated to be worth $1.9 billion, of which $1.2 billion was already obligated before the cancellation. Almost 40% ($740.4 million) of their cancelled portfolio is unobligated funding that it will never receive. The largest contract that was cut was worth $420.8 million, of which 34% had not yet been obligated. RTI only has $27.8 million in unobligated active awards to look forward to, which only covers 3.8% of its loss of $740.4 million. It only has one active award left with USAID — a staggering difference. The remaining award is worth $77.7 million for the Feed the Future Ethiopia Food and Agriculture System Transformation activity, with only 36% ($27.8 million) left to be obligated. 3. JSI Research and Training Institute ​​Terminated awards: 19 Terminated unobligated funding: $664.2 million Remaining active awards: 4 Remaining active (unobligated): $107.4 million Remaining active (obligated): $112.9 million The JSI Research and Training Institute lost 19 awards with an estimated total value of $1.5 billion. It still has three remaining active awards that are worth $220.3 million, with 49% still pending to be obligated. JSI still has $107.4 million in unobligated active awards, compared to $664.2 million terminated. The biggest terminated contract has an estimated cost of $300 million which was supposed to acquire capacity development assistance to USAID missions in partner countries. 4. PATH ​​Terminated awards: 8 Terminated unobligated funding: $266.2 million Remaining active awards: 3 Remaining active (unobligated): $23.4 million Remaining active (obligated): $57.1 million PATH has eight terminated awards worth $503.6 million. The largest terminated award was a project to help communities obtain access to Malaria-related services. It was worth $188 million. PATH has only $23.4 million of active unobligated funding remaining, compared to $266.2 million terminated. 5. Management Sciences for Health​​ Terminated awards: 14 Terminated unobligated funding: $243.4 million Remaining active awards: 5 Remaining active (unobligated): $47.7 million Remaining active (obligated): $97.9 million Management Sciences for Health has 14 canceled awards worth a total of $817.5 million. The largest contract canceled was worth $209.7 million, which aimed to strengthen the pharmaceutical side of health systems in low- and middle-income countries. Unobligated active funding only amounts to $47.7 million, compared to $243.4 million terminated. 6. Winrock International ​​Terminated awards: 26 Terminated unobligated funding: $233.6 million Remaining active awards: 1 Remaining active (unobligated): $1.9 million Remaining active (obligated): $12.1 million The Winrock International Institute has 26 terminated awards amounting to a total of $531.3 million. Of this, only $1.9 million is active and unobligated, compared to $233.6 million terminated. The largest terminated award was worth $56 million for the USAID Agriculture Transformation activity for Nepal. 7. Johns Hopkins University ​​Terminated awards: 10 Terminated unobligated funding: $223.4 million Remaining active awards: 1 Remaining active (unobligated): $9.8 million Remaining active (obligated): $494.2 billion Johns Hopkins University lost 10 awards with an estimated total cost of $424.7 million. Of this, $223.4 million was terminated and unobligated. A potential $9.8 million remains in unobligated active funding. The largest contract that was canceled is for the SMART4TB project, which had an estimated amount of $200 million. Only $57.3 million was obligated to the project. 8. Jhpiego ​​Terminated awards: 14 Terminated unobligated funding: $207.8 million Remaining active awards: 3 Remaining active (unobligated): $6.2 million Remaining active (obligated): $79.4 billion Jhpiego has 14 canceled awards worth a total of $806.5 million. Of this, $207.8 million of unobligated funds were terminated, compared to $6.2 million active. The largest terminated award amounts to $299 million for capacity development assistance to USAID missions for maternal, newborn, and child health. 9. Anova Health Institute ​​Terminated awards: 2 Terminated unobligated funding: $198.6 million Remaining active awards: None Anova Health Institute, a South Africa-based NGO, saw both of its USAID awards canceled. Almost 70% of the total was already obligated to the organization, leaving almost $199 million in unobligated funding. The largest canceled award is worth $569.4 million, which was supposed to assist the organization in transition planning and outreach. 10. PACT ​​Terminated awards: 22 Terminated unobligated funding: $172.1 million Remaining active awards: 3 Remaining active (unobligated): $154.5 million Remaining active (obligated): $244.9 million PACT lost 22 awards worth a total of $434.9 million. Of this, $172.1 million was unobligated, and the biggest terminated award was worth $93.1 million for the Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity in Ukraine. PACT still has an anticipated unobligated funding of $154.5 million. 11. Population Services International ​​Terminated awards: 13 Terminated unobligated funding: $163 million Remaining active awards: 2 Remaining active (unobligated): $16.9 million Remaining active (obligated): $28.4 million PSI saw $163 million in terminated unobligated funding, compared to $28.4 million in unobligated active funding. 12. Catholic Relief Services ​​Terminated awards: 56 Terminated unobligated funding: $158.9 million Remaining active awards: 21 Remaining active (unobligated): $528.1 million Remaining active (obligated): $772.3 million Among the organizations in the list, Catholic Relief Services saw the biggest amount of canceled awards — 56 awards were cut. However, it only lost $158.9 million in unobligated funding. It still has 21 active contracts left; it still has $528.1 million of unobligated active funding to look forward to, which if fully obligated and paid, would cover its losses more than enough at a rate of 332%. 13. Education Development Center ​​Terminated awards: 20 Terminated unobligated funding: $153.4 million Remaining active awards: None 14. Mercy Corps ​​Terminated awards: 21 Terminated unobligated funding: $151.6 million Remaining active awards: 10 Remaining active (unobligated): $88 million Remaining active (obligated): $237.9 million 15. CARE​​ Terminated awards: 23 Terminated unobligated funding: $147.9 million Remaining active awards: 14 Remaining active (unobligated): $16.8 million Remaining active (obligated): $277.8 million 16. Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation ​​Terminated awards: 1 Terminated unobligated funding: $138.5 million Remaining active awards: None 17. American University in Cairo ​​Terminated awards: 7 Terminated unobligated funding: $126.5 million Remaining active awards: None 18. ACDI/VOCA ​​Terminated awards: 22 Terminated unobligated funding: $126.3 million Remaining active awards: None 19. Global Communities ​​Terminated awards: 11 Terminated unobligated funding: $117.6 million Remaining active awards: 5 Remaining active (unobligated): $5.4 million Remaining active (obligated): $99.9 million 20. Technoserve ​​Terminated awards: 7 Terminated unobligated funding: $115.1 million Remaining active awards: None 21. Engender Health Terminated awards: 3 Terminated unobligated funding: $113.1 million Remaining active awards: None 22. Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) Terminated awards: 15 Terminated unobligated funding: $107.7 million Remaining active awards: 3 Remaining active (unobligated): $33.6 million Remaining active (obligated): $87.1 million 23. Institute of International Education Terminated awards: 4 Terminated unobligated funding: $106.5 million Remaining active awards: None Try out Devex Pro Funding today with a free five-day trial, and explore funding opportunities from over 850 sources in addition to our analysis and news content.