Leading Boldly

Timeline of Developments 

  • On June 26, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rejected key Medicaid provisions in the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which has delayed passage of the bill in the Senate. The OBBBA will be returned to the House for final approval before being sent to the President’s desk. The White House is pushing for the bill to be finalized by July 4.
    • As we shared earlier this month, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee shared updated text of the tax package, which included several changes impacting the philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. You can read about the changes here. 

  • On June 6, ICE agents carried out a series of immigration sweeps across Southern California, sparking protest demonstrations, mostly concentrated in downtown Los Angeles. On June 7, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum authorizing the deployment of 2,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles, stating that it is necessary to "address the lawlessness" in the city. Twenty-two Democratic governors released a joint statement calling Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard "an alarming abuse of power."

  • U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued a temporary restraining order, ruling the Guard deployment was illegal and violated the 10th Amendment and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority. The same day, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the federal judge’s order that directed Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California. Protests in Los Angeles and across the country continue.

Recent Subcommittee DOGE Hearing 

  • More than 200 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across the country received letters from the committee asking them to complete a survey by June 24 to help the committee “understand the scope and magnitude of the federal government’s financial involvement with NGOs that are involved in providing services to inadmissible aliens in the U.S.” A full list of NGOs has not yet been released but could come any day. CMF will continue to monitor this situation and is working to understand if any Michigan-based organizations may be impacted by this investigation. 
  • On Wednesday, June 4, the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) held a hearing to “expose NGOs’ use of federal funds to advance destructive policies.” According to analysis from our partners at Integer, subcommittee chair Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene opened the hearing by accusing left-leaning NGOs of misusing billions in taxpayer dollars to push a radical left agenda and praising efforts to expose and eliminate these so-called “NGO slush funds.” Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits (NCN), was one of four witnesses testifying in support of the work of charitable nonprofits across the country. “Nonprofits address local needs with local solutions, reaching people and communities that might otherwise be overlooked. They deliver critical services that strengthen neighborhoods, support families and improve lives,” Yentel shared during the hearing. Several of the subcommittee members did not ask Yentel any questions. Those who did ask questions focused on the politics of the environmental and climate organizations and her compensation.
  • On May 27, the Trump administration requested that federal agencies cancel all remaining contracts with Harvard University, worth nearly $100 million. The government has already canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for Harvard.
  • On May 22, a federal judge in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Trump and U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon from carrying out Trump's executive order calling for the secretary to close the Education Department. The judge also told the administration to reinstate Education Department employees who lost their jobs during the reduction-in-force announced on March 11 and "to restore the Department to the status quo."
  • On May 2, the White House unveiled the president’s 2026 budget plan, which includes significant cuts to essential programs. Under the plan, the Housing and Urban Development Department would receive a $33.6 billion cut, the Health and Human Services Department would receive $33.3 trillion less, and the Education Department’s spending would be reduced by $12 billion. Read More.
  • On April 25, DOGE ordered the AmeriCorps agency to terminate more than $400 million in grant funding, impacting over 1,000 nonprofit and community organizations and prematurely ending the service of over 32,000 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers. Michigan will lose over 1,200 AmeriCorps members, leaving local communities and neighbors without vital support. America’s Service Commissions is sharing a statement in response to the AmeriCorps agency staff reductions and AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps demobilization. Read more.
  • On April 23, Trump signed several executive orders, targeting universities that he views as liberal adversaries to his political agenda. One order called for harder enforcement of a federal law requiring colleges to disclose their financial ties with foreign sources, while another called for a shakeup of the accrediting bodies that decide whether colleges can accept federal financial aid awarded to students. Trump also ordered the Education Department to root out efforts to ensure equity in discipline in the nation’s K-12 schools. Read more. 
  • On April 21, Harvard University announced it filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. In an April 11 letter to Harvard, the Trump administration had called for broad government and leadership reforms at the university and changes to its admissions policies. It also demanded the university audit views of diversity on campus and stop recognizing some student clubs. Read more.

Previous Legal Updates & News

X