Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking Executive Order #14332 Date Issued: August 7, 2025 Topic: DEI, LGBTQ+ Rights
WHAT DOES THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER DO? This executive order changes the criteria for discretionary grant funding and adds additional oversight to the grantmaking process to ensure that federal grant recipients do not “compromise public safety or promote anti-American values.” The order prohibits discretionary grant funding for organizations that promote “racial preferences,” acknowledge non-binary or transgender individuals, or support undocumented immigrants.
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