The Tebughna Foundation celebrated a $20 million grant from the EPA for home renovations in Tyonek, Alaska, but funding was abruptly frozen by the Trump administration. This freeze affected over 22 tribes and nonprofits across the U.S., who relied on these funds for essential infrastructure projects, including climate change mitigation efforts. The lack of notice left many organizations in uncertainty, with ongoing bills but halted projects. The grants were part of a broader $1.6 billion initiative aimed at community change under the Biden administration's climate policies, now jeopardized.
"We were all just so happy about this grant that's going to literally change some people's lives," says Vide Kroto, the foundation's executive director.
Funding uncertainty, explains Kroto, has thrown projects like renovating homes, "in limbo, but the bills are still coming in."
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