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Navigating the USG Foreign Assistance Freeze

Strengthening NGO resilience during the USG foreign assistance freeze

The recent breakdown of U.S. foreign assistance has created uncertainty across the sector, disrupting funding, operations, and long-term planning. At Humentum, we are responding with trusted guidance, collective problem-solving, and practical solutions to help your organization navigate this evolving landscape.  Now more than ever, the resilient strength of the entire sector is our greatest collective asset. That’s why we’re committed to meeting you where you are.

Continue to check back on this page – we’ll update it regularly with free resources, events, spot polls and more.

Free Resources

Navigating the USG Funding Freeze for Foreign Assistance Programs: Guidance Document
Guidance to help you understand what this means for your organization and staff, key compliance steps, and how to mitigate risks.
Letter Template for Response to a Stop Work Order or Suspension Notice
Use this free letter template to respond to your receipt of the Stop Work Order (SWO)/Suspension Notice of your Contract/Cooperative Agreement.
Resource Round Up: February 2025
we are ensuring that organizations have access to the latest information, expert analysis, and opportunities to strategize together.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion EO Guidance
Guidance to help you understand several Executive Orders (EO) issued by President Trump.

Spot Polls

Submit your answers to our short survey and get a pulse on your peers across the sector. Once we collate the responses, we’ll share them back here. We are looking for one leader’s response per organization.

This week’s spot poll: Impact of stop-work order – closing Monday, February 10!

Take the spot poll

Events

USG Foreign Assistance Roundtable for Senior Leaders

*Humentum member-only*

Our weekly roundtable is a member-only space for executives and senior leaders working with USG funding directly or indirectly to make sense of the implications of changes to foreign assistance and identify strategies to adapt. Come to raise questions, discuss pain points, highlight guidance and good practices, and learn from your peers.

Every Friday at 12:00 PM ET | 5:00 PM UTC  

Register

The content of Humentum’s webinar on USAID’s stop work orders was priceless. It helped make sense of what at first felt overwhelming and we followed the guidance shared afterwards to draft our communications with USAID and our partners.

Alice Nkunzimana CEO Papyrus S.A. 

Props to Humentum for sharing a comprehensive resource on how to navigate these stormy waters with non-members, publicly.

Another valuable aspect is Humentum’s advocacy and access to resources. Humentum does an excellent job of staying on top of donor updates and ensuring that its members are aware of changes. Humentum has been extremely effective in creating one voice for the INGO community.

Karen Conley Director, Grants & Contracts, PSI

The training and resources we’ve accessed through Humentum have been incredibly helpful in streamlining those processes. The network has also started opening doors for us to connect with other nonprofits and experts in the field.

Sara Rosen Program & Operation Manager, SCI

In terms of knowledge and connections, I attended a roundtable on the crisis in Ethiopia a few months ago. Having professionals, you can learn from, lean on, ask about, and share with is pretty significant. That’s a value to me and to our global organization.

Luda Mwangemi-Bruce, SHRM-SCP Global Director People & Culture, Splash

Humentum members can access even more

Join our organizational membership to access exclusive events, Humentum Connect – our 24/7 peer community to ask questions and get curated answers, and more. Plus, each and every member of your staff gets access to the benefits. We get you, so you can go further.

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