The Trump administration recently shared with Congress a list of the 5,341 programs terminated from the U.S. Agency for International Development, along with 898 programs that have been retained. That represents 86% of the agency’s former programs, meaning the vast majority are being canceled.
According to a letter sent to Congress on Monday by Ryan Shrum, USAID’s senior adviser for legislative and congressional affairs, the remaining programs prioritize “strategic and life-saving aid,” such as emergency food assistance and global health interventions.
Devex reviewed the data to assess the implications for emergency food aid, nutrition, food systems, and agriculture programming more broadly. This piece offers a snapshot of some of the organizations most affected by the terminations, grouped into three broad categories: multilateral institutions, NGOs, and contractors. Given the inconsistencies and gaps in the leaked data, the aim here is not to provide an exhaustive accounting, but rather to offer an illustrative look at where the cuts have landed hardest.