OMB told agencies to report federal spending going toward 49 nonprofit organizations, many of which focus on DEI, immigration support and humanitarian aid.
The White House is seeking detailed spending information on federal dollars going toward dozens of nonprofit organizations, according to a memo obtained by Federal News Network.
The memo, which the Office of Management and Budget circulated to executive branch agencies on May 13, calls on all federal departments and agencies to submit agency-level spending data related to a targeted list of 49 nonprofit organizations.
The organizations named in the memo, reviewed by Federal News Network, do advocacy work supporting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); the LGBTQ+ community; immigrants and refugees; civil rights and legal aid; environmentalism; and international and humanitarian aid. The list contains nonprofit groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, National Urban League and U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.
OMB said agencies should submit budget data reports including all grants, loans, contracts, cooperative agreements and any other monetary awards that are being provided to the dozens of organizations on the White House’s list. Agencies should include all programs and projects that have obligated spending toward the targeted organizations, “even if the provision of this funding is under litigation,” the memo said.
The data reports are expected to cover spending during fiscal 2024 and 2025, as well as a projected spending estimate for fiscal 2026. Agencies’ reports are due to OMB by May 29.
Federal spending information for all of the listed organizations is available at USASpending.gov. Although the memo acknowledged the public resource, “agencies are responsible for validating and updating this data,” OMB said.
It is not clear what OMB will do with the spending information. But the memo said the budget reports “will be used to better understand the scope of funding to these organizations.”
OMB did not respond to Federal News Network’s questions sent Friday about what the spending reports would be used for or why the 49 organizations were selected for the budget data request.
Federal loan and grant spending has previously come under scrutiny from the Trump administration. In January 2025, OMB issued a memo telling agencies to temporarily pause federal grant and loan spending for a governmentwide review. The administration rescinded the memo two days later, following nationwide legal pushback and confusion.
The Trump administration has also attempted to collect federal spending information in other areas. Earlier this year, OMB directed agencies to submit data reports detailing federal funding that was going toward 14 Democratic states and Washington, D.C.
Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman and Jared Serbu contributed to this report.
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