News Summary

• When the Trump administration froze foreign assistance overnight, urgent efforts began to figure out how to continue critical aid programs that could be funded by private donors.
• Multiple groups launched fundraisers in February and eventually, these emergency funds mobilized more than $125 million within eight months.
• In September, Project Resource Optimization, as their effort came to be called, announced all of the programs had been funded.
• It’s possible private foundations and individual donors gave much more, but those gifts won’t be reported for many months.