Who were the top US grantees in 2025?

It has been over a year since the Trump administration started its purge on development aid that led to the demise of USAID — an agency that for more than six decades became a symbol of U.S. internationalism.

Since then, its surviving programs have been subsumed by the U.S. Department of State.

Up until now, it has remained difficult to completely map out how much the Trump administration has actually spent on aid. However, data from USASpending provides a workable estimate of the amount obligated via the assistance funding that likely went to development.

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