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News Articles: Grants

FILE - A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states

The ruling temporarily blocks the Trump Administration from cutting $600 million in public health grants that had already been allocated to four Democratic-led states.

February 13, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building is seen on March 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services offered no explanation of its decision to terminate and later restore grant money for mental health and addiction programs.

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  • National

24 hours of chaos as mental health grants are slashed then restored

For 24 hours, it was unclear which mental health and addiction programs would survive and who would still have jobs when the dust settled.

January 15, 2026
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By:
  • Brian Mann
In this Nov. 30, 2021, photo, syringes and vials of Naloxone are shown during the media tour of the supervised drug injection site OnPoint, in New York.

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  • Politics

Trump administration rolls back $2 billion mental health, addiction grant cuts

Sweeping cuts to mental health and addiction programs worth more than $2 billion are being reversed. After a political backlash from Republicans and Democrats, the grant money will be restored.

January 14, 2026
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  • Brian Mann
Portal Flag Football players in the GHSA 2021 Championship game

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  • Sports

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation grants $6.3 million to six Atlanta School Districts for sports access

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation announced they are granting funding totaling $6.3 million to six Metro Atlanta school districts over three years. The funding will increase access to sports at the middle school and high school level. 

December 18, 2025
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  • GPB News Staff
Visitors view exhibits related to slavery at the John Brown Museum at the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park  in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. According to Marilyn Jackson, CEO of the American Alliance of Museums, President Trump's actions towards museums has led to a decrease in philanthropic funding.

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  • Arts & Life

Museums had a rough 2025: Report shows lower attendance, lost grants, less money

The American Alliance of Museums put out its annual industry snapshot and it's not great. Trump's targeting of museum programming had downstream effects and put a "chill on corporate philanthropy."

November 11, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
New York-based Tere O'Connor Dance received a National Dance Project grant for a work called <em>The Lace.</em>

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  • Dance

What will happen to dance, with a major grant program changing?

Twenty dance projects from around the country won grants totaling $100,000 dollars each today. These grants are among the most coveted in the dance world, but this round of winners is the last of its kind due to a funding shortage.

September 09, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Georgia programs impacted by education funding freeze

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  • Education

Federal education funding freeze impacts 27,000 Georgia students and after-school programs

The federal department of education has frozen billions of dollars in school grants, impacting school districts and after-school programs in Georgia. 

July 04, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
Jerry Farinola of Atlanta uses Vivo, a virtual strength program for older adults. A local startup is using federal funding to evaluate whether the program reduces blood sugar in people with prediabetes. (Courtesy of Vivo)

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  • Business

Looming cuts to NIH funding have Atlanta startup founders on edge

Disruptions to funding streams from the National Institutes of Health aren’t just rattling university researchers. 

March 21, 2025
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  • Rebecca Grapevine
President Trump walks to the Residence after arriving to the White House on Feb. 22. The administration is facing legal challenges over its effort to freeze payments for federal grants and other programs.

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  • Politics

A second federal judge has ruled to block the Trump administration's spending freeze

U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. said the attempt to pause trillions in federal spending "fundamentally undermines the distinct constitutional roles of each branch of our government." 

March 06, 2025
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  • Elena Moore
President Trump arrives back at the White House after visiting New Orleans to attend the Super Bowl. A federal judge on Monday found that the administration has not fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending.

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  • Politics

Judge says Trump administration is not in full compliance with order on spending

The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against an administration plan to freeze payments for grants and other federal programs, but says the administration has not been fully complying.

February 10, 2025
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  • Elena Moore
President Trump speaks to the press from the Oval Office on Monday.

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  • Politics

Federal judge issues restraining order blocking federal spending freeze

The order came in response to a memo released by the Office of Management and Budget last week directing agencies to freeze funding for federal grants and other programs.

February 03, 2025
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  • Elena Moore
President Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on Friday. A federal judge in Rhode Island has issued an order blocking the administration's efforts to freeze some federal spending.

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  • Politics

A 2nd U.S. judge says Trump administration must pause its federal spending freeze

The decision came in response to a petition by attorneys general in 22 states and Washington, D.C., seeking to block the administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs.

January 31, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., is managed by a consortium of universities and the National Science Foundation.

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  • Science

National Science Foundation freezes payments in response to Trump's executive actions

The National Science Foundation's funding freeze, and wider confusion about the status and future of science funding, is already hampering research.

January 31, 2025
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  • Jonathan Lambert
President Trump is seen here after signing a range of executive orders on Jan. 23.

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  • Politics

Trump rescinds freeze on federal funding

The development follows a federal judge's order Tuesday that temporarily blocked the effort to pause federal payments for grants and other programs.

January 29, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
President Donald Trump has promised to greatly curtail the federal government and a memo released Monday by the Office of Management and Budget aims to follow through on that promise by halting a large swath of federal grant programs.

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  • Politics

Trump memo to halt federal funds triggers confusion and constitutional questions

Washington is scrambling to interpret a new Trump administration memo that appears to halt funding for many programs. The impact of the short memo, released Monday, is causing widespread confusion.

January 28, 2025
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  • Deirdre Walsh,
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