Here’s How Much Taxpayer Cash the Groups Now Suing Trump Received Under Biden

The nonprofits that sued to block President Donald Trump’s reforms during his first month in office had been awarded $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds in the previous administration.

“Your tax dollars provide critical support for the web of woke groups trying to transform America,” Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, told The Daily Signal. “It’s shameless of them to use your tax dollars to sue your government for even more of your tax dollars. But being woke means never having to say you’re sorry!”

The Capital Research Center analyzed 15 nonprofits that joined 10 lawsuits against the administration in its first month, after receiving grants under the Biden administration.

According to a Daily Signal analysis, the federal government awarded these groups $1.7 billion during fiscal years 2021-2024.

Most of the lawsuits involved Trump’s immigration policies and his freezing of federal grants. The administration pursued aggressive reforms to root out fraud, waste, and abuse from federal grants, to enforce immigration law, and to reform the rules that make it hard for a president to fire bureaucrats.

Walter presented a chart showing the lawsuits during congressional testimony last week about how taxpayers fund the Left’s nonprofit apparatus.

Doe v. Trump

On Trump’s first day in office, the Brazilian Worker Center and La Colaborativa filed a lawsuit representing O. Doe, a foreign pregnant woman, in challenging Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.

The order directed the government to no longer consider any person born in the U.S. to be a U.S. citizen, noting that the 14th Amendment states only that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” The amendment’s authors arguably did not intend to make children of aliens, who would be subject to the jurisdiction of other countries, citizens upon birth in the U.S.

The Department of Labor awarded the Brazilian Worker Center $775,837 during fiscal years 2021-2024, mostly for construction job training.

CASA v. Trump

On Jan. 21, the immigration and racial activist group CASA filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.

A judge issued a temporary injunction blocking Trump’s order, but the Supreme Court ruled last month that such orders are unconstitutional. The judge has since blocked the order again, considering the case a class-action lawsuit.

Multiple agencies awarded grants to CASA during fiscal years 2022-2024, totaling more than $5.4 million. The Department of Health and Human Services awarded CASA $1 million in August 2024, for example, for “increasing access to services for vulnerable communities.” The Environmental Protection Agency awarded CASA $100,000 in July 2024 to improve “environmental literacy” and to support its “climate justice fellowship program.”

National Council of Nonprofits v. OMB

Three activist groups, the National Council of Nonprofits, the American Public Health Association, and SAGE, a nonprofit dedicated to helping “LGBTQ elders,” sued the Office of Management and Budget on Jan. 28, aiming to block an OMB memo directing federal agencies to temporarily pause federal funding for “foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion], woke gender ideology, and the green new deal.”

The Department of Health and Human Services awarded the American Public Health Association $22.3 million for fiscal years 2021-2024. HHS awarded SAGE $1.9 million, with $1.2 million coming in 2024.

“Federal health agencies should create policies and programs that promote and protect the health of all people and their communities,” the American Public Health Association told The Daily Signal in a statement Tuesday. “Removing funding and closing programs in an illegal and precipitous manner that supports the public health puts all communities at risk, leading to poor health outcomes for more than just those directly impacted.”

Amica Center for Immigrant Rights v. Justice Department

The Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, joined by the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, among others, sued the Justice Department and others on Jan. 31 for pausing DOJ programs that give illegal aliens information about the laws.

DOJ awarded the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project more than $2.6 million in fiscal years 2021-2024, mostly for legal assistance to “immigrant survivors” and trafficking victims.

NADOHE v. Trump

The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, joined by the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United and other groups, sued Trump and others on Feb. 3, aiming to block the president’s executive order directing the government to defund “DEI” and “environmental justice” programs.

The Labor Department awarded $570,000 to the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United for addressing gender-based violence in the workplace and for occupational training, between fiscal years 2021 and 2024.

AVAC v. Department of State

On Feb. 10, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and the Journalism Development Network sued the State Department to block an order temporarily freezing international aid spending.

During fiscal years 2021-2024, the U.S. Agency for International Development awarded AVAC more than $16 million for its HIV vaccine and biomedical prevention research project. During that same period, USAID awarded $2 million to the Journalism Development Network, while the State Department awarded the network $4.6 million.

Pacito v. Trump

Also on Feb. 10, refugees and the immigration groups HIAS, Church World Service, and Lutheran Community Services Northwest sued Trump for suspending refugee admissions and for blocking the federal funding for immigration services groups.

During fiscal years 2021-2024, federal agencies awarded HIAS $350.2 million, mostly for refugee and immigrant services. Critics fault HIAS and other immigrant aid groups for housing and transporting illegal aliens across the country. HIAS has said it does not support illegal immigration.

Federal agencies awarded Church World Service $766 million during that time. Most of the funding came from the State Department ($417.1 million) and HHS ($319.7 million) for refugee and immigrant services. The group said it supports pathways to citizenship for “undocumented immigrants.” Church World Service has claimed it only helps refugees who are legally approved, but critics say it also helps illegal aliens.

Federal agencies granted Lutheran Community Services Northwest $4.26 million during the same period, mostly from the Corporation for National and Community Service and HHS.

Global Health Council v. Trump

On Feb. 11, Global Health Council, along with other nonprofits such as HIAS, Management Sciences for Health, and the American Bar Association, sued Trump to block the foreign aid funding freeze.

During fiscal years 2021-2024, USAID and the General Services Administration awarded Management Sciences for Health $431.5 million, mostly to promote health in other countries.

Federal agencies awarded the American Bar Association $116.84 million in that time frame, most of it coming from the State Department ($66.2 million), USAID ($28.4 million), and HHS ($14 million). Many of the grants supported justice systems in foreign countries.

The American Bar Association declined to comment “on an issue that is pertinent in an active litigation.”

New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump

On Feb. 13, the New York Immigration Coalition filed another lawsuit challenging Trump’s birthright citizenship order. The coalition is representing a Venezuelan woman who was pregnant and living in New York under Temporary Protected Status.

The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded the New York Immigration Coalition $240,000 for its work with AmeriCorps in fiscal years 2021-2024.

Altogether, these groups received $1.735 billion.

This figure only represents a snapshot of the federal funding for organizations that would sue the Trump administration, as many more would follow after the administration’s first month.

The Daily Signal reached out to each of the named organizations for comment, allowing them to confirm or deny the amounts in question and respond to potential criticism.

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