Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the Nationwide Council of Nonprofits, which represents greater than 30,000 American nonprofits, stated in a Might 29 assertion that the OMB proposal can also “profoundly affect” nonprofits partnering with the federal authorities in delivering providers to communities throughout the U.S., equivalent to in housing, well being, schooling, meals, shelter, and catastrophe restoration.
Based on the New York Instances, within the weeks earlier than the OMB proposal emerged, the White Home appeared to foreshadow its plans, citing a Might memo that it obtained that instructed federal companies to stock grants given to “sure nonprofit organizations.” Among the many about 4 dozen organizations listed have been the American Civil Liberties Union, the Nationwide City League, and different authorized assist teams that conservatives have lengthy criticized, the Instances reported.
The proposal additionally particularly instructs companies to make sure that federal awards should not used for “variety, fairness, and inclusion” (DEI) initiatives, and “gender ideology,” because the Trump Administration has restricted its recognition of intercourse to which an individual is assigned at delivery.
