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Funding & PolicyUrban Institute·March 23, 2026·National (U.S.), with state and district breakdowns
Analyzing IRS Form 990 filings from more than 80,000 nonprofits reporting government grants, Urban Institute researchers estimate those grants totaled about $240 billion in 2023 (down from roughly $304 billion in 2021). In every state, 60–86% of grant-receiving nonprofits would have operated at a loss without government funding across 2021–2023 — and in no congressional district could the typical grant-receiving nonprofit have covered its expenses without that support.
Why it matters
This is the structural backdrop to every funding-disruption headline: government support is not a marginal revenue line for the human services sector but the difference between solvency and deficit for most organizations that receive it, everywhere in the country. It strengthens the case for scenario planning, reserves, and diversification — and for information systems that can show funders exactly what their dollars delivered.
Urban Institute's nationally representative National Survey of Nonprofit Trends and Impacts found that one-third of nonprofits experienced at least one government funding disruption in the first half of 2025: 21% lost funding, 27% experienced a delay, pause, or freeze, and 6% received stop-work orders. Organizations providing job training, mental health services, independent living assistance, disaster relief, and emergency shelter were among those that suspended programs or reduced staff. Disrupted organizations were more dependent on public funding than average — government sources made up 42% of their revenue, versus 28% for nonprofits typically.
Why it matters
Human services organizations sit at the center of these findings: the affected service categories are case management-heavy, and a funding pause can interrupt client services mid-plan. The 42%-dependence figure is a prompt for any organization to know its own exposure — and to understand what a delay (not just a termination) would mean for payroll and continuity of care.
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