U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a pause on American aid disbursements as of January 20th, 2025. As the United States is the largest single donor of aid globally, this decision will have an immediate and direct impact on millions of people. DevelopmentAid.org follows and publishes updates on the key events around this White House decision.
January 30, 2025. Kenya’s 2024 humanitarian aid landscape: Impact of US 90-day aid suspension
Africa’s Kenya has received billions of dollars in humanitarian aid from international donors as well as local philanthropists. With the USA having been the country’s main foreign donor for years, the suspension of foreign aid for 90 days recently announced by President Donald Trump has raised concerns about the impact of this decision on Kenya’s health programs.
January 29, 2025. Supporting US organizations: up to 90 days of free access to tenders and grants
DevelopmentAid.org announced free access for U.S.-based organizations to the largest internet database of aid tenders and grants. The action aims to help organizations affected by President’s Trump foreign aid order to diversify their funding portfolios.
January 29, 2025. U.S. State Secretary, Marco Rubio, approved a waiver on President’s Trump foreign aid order, allowing organizations implementing “existing life-saving humanitarian assistance programs” to continue or resume work. The resumption is described as “temporary in nature” and “with limited exceptions”. “No new contracts shall be entered into” concludes the office of the Secretary of State.
January 27, 2025. A number of senior officials at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) were ordered to go on administrative leave. One of the possible reasons for this move was the “apparent efforts of some staffers to obstruct recent directives from President Donald Trump”, according to the media.
January 24, 2025. U.S. State Department issues a “stop word order” for all existing foreign assistance programs and pauses new aid initiatives.
January 20, 2025. United States President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order suspending all foreign aid disbursements for a 90-day period, pending “programmatic efficiencies and consistency with United States foreign policy”. The United States is the largest single donor of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the world. In 2023, the country provided $66 billion (out of nearly $224 billion provided by TOP -32 wealthiest nations).
